Beaumont J (Moon)

Satellite Feature of Beaumont

Named after Jean-Baptiste-Armand-Louis-Léonce Élie de Beaumont - French geologist (1798-1874).

Beaumont is a 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 crater remnant Fracastorius. To the west is the prominent crater Catharina. The rim is breached in the east, where the lava from Mare Nectaris broached the crater and flooded the interior. (wikipedia entry)