Benoit_(crater)

Benoit (crater)

Benoit (crater)

Crater on Mercury

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]

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Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2009. It is named for the Haitian painter Rigaud Benoit.[2]

MESSENGER mosaic centered on Benoit crater

References

  1. [1]
    HONORING HAITIAN PAINTER BENOIT AND AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER LANGE, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
  2. [2]
    "Benoit". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 20 March 2021.


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