Delacroix | |
Location: | Michelangelo quadrangle, Mercury |
Type: | Impact crater |
Coordinates: | -44.32°N -129.51°W |
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.