MESSENGER WAC mosaic
Dali is in the lower left of this MESSENGER image

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 (1904-1989).[1]

The smooth plains material filling Dali crater are believed to be volcanic, similar to the maria on the moon.[2]

The crater Kofi is to the north of Dali. Pasch is to the east, and Mahsati is to the southwest.

References

  1. ^ "Dali". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  2. ^ Byrne, P. K., Witten, J. L., Klimpczac, C., McCubbin, F. M., and Ostrach, L. R., 2018. The Volcanic Character of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 11, Figure 11.2.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dali_(crater)
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