Shelley (crater)
 MESSENGER NAC image | |
| Planet | Mercury |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 47°41′S 128°16′W / 47.69°S 128.27°W |
| Quadrangle | Michelangelo |
| Diameter | 171 km |
| Eponym | Percy Bysshe Shelley |
Shelley is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the IAU in 1979, after the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who lived from 1792 to 1822.[1]
Shelley is overlain by the slightly smaller and younger crater Delacroix, to the north.
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