Beaumont (crater)

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Crater Beaumont photographed by Eric S. Kounce of the West Texas Astronomers (www.wtastro.org) on October 28, 2006 utilizing the 36-inch Telescope at McDonald Observatory near Ft. Davis, Texas.

Beaumont is the lava-flooded crater located on the southwestern shore of the Mare Nectaris on Earth's moon. It lies to the northwest of the similarly-flooded Fracastorius crater remnant. To the west is the prominent Catharina crater.

The rim of Beaumont crater is breached in the east, where the lava from Mare Nectaris broached the crater and flooded the interior. Now only a worn and crater-impacted outer wall remains. If the crater once possessed a central peak, it is no longer apparent. The floor contains several hills and small craters. A low ridge runs northward from the crater rim across the Mare Nectaris.

[edit] Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Beaumont crater.

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