Benoit (crater)
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.
MESSENGER mosaic centered on Benoit crater
Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2009. It is named for the Haitian painter Rigaud Benoit.
References
- ^ HONORING HAITIAN PAINTER BENOIT AND AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER LANGE, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
- ^ "Benoit". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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