Benoit_(crater) Knowpia

Benoit
	Benoit crater, next to Lange crater
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	7°29′N 255°39′W / 7.48°N 255.65°W
Quadrangle	Eminescu
Diameter	40 km
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]

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

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^ 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.

[1] HONORING HAITIAN PAINTER BENOIT AND AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER LANGE, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

[2] "Benoit". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

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