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| Planet | Mercury |
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| Coordinates | 44°19′S 129°31′W / 44.32°S 129.51°W |
| Quadrangle | Michelangelo |
| Diameter | 158 km |
| Eponym | Eugène Delacroix |
Approximate color image of the surface of Mercury. The prominent crater at right is Hawthorne, and Delacroix is along upper left edge.
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
- ↑ "Delacroix". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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