Delacroix (crater)
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Crater on Mercury
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Feature type | Impact crater |
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Location | Michelangelo quadrangle, Mercury |
Coordinates | 44°19′S 129°31′W / 44.32°S 129.51°W / -44.32; -129.51 |
Diameter | 158 km |
Eponym | Eugène Delacroix |
Delacroix is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979. Delacroix is named for the French painter Eugène Delacroix, who lived from 1798 to 1863.[1]
Delacroix overlies the slightly larger and older crater Shelley, to the south.
References
[edit]- ^ "Delacroix". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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