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International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Benoit on Mercury

Benoit

Feature Name Benoit
Clean Name Benoit
Feature ID 14575
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude 7.60 °
Southernmost Latitude 7.60 °
Easternmost Longitude 256.20 °
Westernmost Longitude 256.20 °
Diameter 43.00 km
Center Latitude 7.60 °
Center Longitude 256.20 °
Northernmost Latitude 7.98 °
Southernmost Latitude 7.04 °
Easternmost Longitude 255.12 °
Westernmost Longitude 256.07 °
Diameter 40.12 km
Center Latitude 7.51 °
Center Longitude 255.59 °
Northernmost Latitude 7.95 °
Southernmost Latitude 7.01 °
Easternmost Longitude 255.17 °
Westernmost Longitude 256.12 °
Diameter 40.00 km
Center Latitude 7.48 °
Center Longitude 255.65 °
Continent North America
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country		 Haiti
Quad H-09 [pdf]
Reference [214] - St. James Guide to Black Artists, edited by Thomas Riggs: St. James Press, Detroit, 1997.
Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jul 09, 2009
Origin Rigaud; Haitian painter (1911-1987).
Last Updated Oct 07, 2016 2:34 PM

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