Bennett Hill (lunar mountain)

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 east of it in 1971, on the Apollo 15 mission. They could see it on the western horizon from nearly everywhere they went. The peak rises approximately above the surrounding plain, known as Palus Putredinis.

The astronauts named the feature after NASA trajectory designer Floyd Bennett.Post-landing Activities, Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Journal The name is informal and not recognized by the IAU, but the name is used in the scientific literature, such as the Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report.Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report (NASA SP-289), 1972.

See also Hill 305 (lunar mountain)

External links LTO-41B4 Hadley, Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap 41B4

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