Dali (crater)

Dali is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 176 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2008. Dali is named for the Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, who lived from 1904 to 1989.[1]

Dali
MESSENGER mosaic from the first flyby on 14 January, 2008
PlanetMercury
Coordinates45.1°N 240.0°W / 45.1; -240.0
Diameter176 km
EponymSalvador Dalí
MESSENGER WAC mosaic
Dali is in the lower left of this MESSENGER image

See also

References

  1. "Dali". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 30 June 2012.


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