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Delacroix_(crater) Latitude and Longitude:

44°19′S 129°31′W / 44.32°S 129.51°W / -44.32; -129.51
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Delacroix
MESSENGER NAC image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates 44°19′S 129°31′W / 44.32°S 129.51°W / -44.32; -129.51
Quadrangle Michelangelo
Diameter158 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

  1. ^ "Delacroix". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 8 August 2021.