Delacroix (crater)
![]() MESSENGER NAC image | |
Planet | Mercury |
---|---|
Coordinates | 44°19′S 129°31′W / 44.32°S 129.51°WCoordinates: 44°19′S 129°31′W / 44.32°S 129.51°W |
Quadrangle | Michelangelo |
Diameter | 158 km |
Eponym | Eugène Delacroix |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Hawthorne_crater_region_MESSENGER_WAC_IGF_to_RGB.jpg/240px-Hawthorne_crater_region_MESSENGER_WAC_IGF_to_RGB.jpg)
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.
Categories:
- Michelangelo quadrangle
- Impact craters on Mercury
- Mercury (planet) stubs