Crater Benedict ( lat. Benedict ) - a small impact crater in the basin of the Mendeleev Crater on the far side of the moon . The name is given in honor of the American chemist , physiologist and nutritionist , inventor of the calorimeter and spirometer Francis Benedict (1870-1957) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.
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 Snapshot of Lunar Orbiter - I probe. Benedict Crater is in the center of the picture. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 13.8 km |
| Deepest | 2262 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Francis Benedict (1870-1957) - American chemist, physiologist and nutritionist, inventor of the calorimeter and spirometer. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of the crater are the Moissant Crater in the west; Bergman Crater in the northwest; Richards Crater in the North-North-West; Fisher Crater in the north-northeast; Garden Crater in the northeast and Schuster Crater in the east [1] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter - 13.8 km [2] , depth - 2.3 km [3] .
The crater has a cup-shaped shape with a small area of a flat bottom, practically not destroyed. The height of the shaft above the surrounding area is about 520 m [3] . The inner slope of the crater has an albedo higher than that of the surrounding area, which indicates a relatively small age of the crater. According to morphological characteristics, the crater belongs to the BIO type (according to the name of a typical representative of this class - Bio crater).
Satellite Craters
Are absent.
Gallery
Surroundings of the Benedict Crater, snapshot of the Lunar Orbiter - I probe.
A fragment of the map LAC-66.
See also
- List of Craters on the Moon
- Lunar crater
- Morphological catalog of Moon Craters
- Planetary nomenclature
- Selenography
- Mineralogy of the Moon
- Geology of the moon
- Late heavy bombardment
Notes
- ↑ Benedict Crater on LAC-66.
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ 1 2 Lunar Impact Crater Database . Losiak A., Kohout T., O'Sulllivan K., Thaisen K., Weider S. (Lunar and Planetary Institute, Lunar Exploration Intern Program, 2009); updated by Öhman T. in 2011. Archived page .