Bennett Hill (lunar mountain)

Bennett Hill

Apollo 15 mapping camer image
Highest point
Elevation 6203 m
Listing Lunar mountains
Coordinates 25°54′N 2°42′E / 25.9°N 2.7°E / 25.9; 2.7 
Geography
Location Hadley–Apennine, the Moon
Bennett Hill on the horizon from the lunar surface near Hadley Rille. Jim Irwin is at the rover in the foreground.

Bennett Hill is a feature on Earth's Moon, a mountain in the Hadley–Apennine region. Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin landed the Lunar Module Falcon about 27 km east of it in 1971, on the Apollo 15 mission, but they did not visit it. They could see it on the western horizon from nearly everywhere they went. The peak rises approximately 900 meters above the surrounding plain, known as Palus Putredinis.

The astronauts named the feature after NASA trajectory designer Floyd Bennett.[1] The name is informal and not recognized by the IAU.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Post-landing Activities, Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Journal
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