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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Benoit
Clean Name Benoit
Feature ID 14575
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 7.60 °
Southmost Latitude 7.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 256.20 °
Westmost Longitude 256.20 °
Diameter 43.00 km
Center Latitude 7.60 °
Center Longitude 256.20 °
Northmost Latitude 7.98 °
Southmost Latitude 7.04 °
Eastmost Longitude 255.12 °
Westmost Longitude 256.07 °
Diameter 40.12 km
Center Latitude 7.51 °
Center Longitude 255.59 °
Northmost Latitude 7.95 °
Southmost Latitude 7.01 °
Eastmost Longitude 255.17 °
Westmost Longitude 256.12 °
Diameter 40.00 km
Center Latitude 7.48 °
Center Longitude 255.65 °
Quad H-09 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jul 09, 2009
Continent North America
Ethnicity Haiti
Origin Rigaud; Haitian painter (1911-1987).
Reference [214] - St. James Guide to Black Artists, edited by Thomas Riggs: St. James Press, Detroit, 1997.
Updated Oct 07, 2016 2:34 PM

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