Benoit (crater)

Benoit
Benoit crater, next to Lange crater
Planet Mercury
Coordinates 7°36′N 256°12′W / 7.6°N 256.2°W / 7.6; -256.2Coordinates: 7°36′N 256°12′W / 7.6°N 256.2°W / 7.6; -256.2
Diameter 43
Eponym Rigaud Benoit

Benoit is a crater on Mercury. Its floor is quite unusual, with two mounds that have been suggested to be evidence of intrusive volcanic activity on Mercury.[1]

References

  1. ↑ http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?page=1&gallery_id=2&image_id=373%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D


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