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.[1]

Benoit
Benoit crater, next to Lange crater
PlanetMercury
Coordinates7.6°N 256.2°W / 7.6; -256.2
Diameter43
EponymRigaud Benoit

References
  1. http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?page=1&gallery_id=2&image_id=373%5B%5D


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