Delacroix (crater)

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.

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Approximate color image of the surface of Mercury. The prominent crater at right is Hawthorne , and Delacroix is along upper left edge.