Discovery Rupes
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Discovery Rupes is a prominent lobate scarp on Mercury, notable as one of the planet’s most striking tectonic landforms formed by the cooling and contraction of its interior.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lobate scarp
ⓘ
tectonic landform ⓘ |
| age | post-Late Heavy Bombardment ⓘ |
| crossCuts | older impact craters ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Mariner 10 spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| faultType | thrust fault ⓘ |
| featureClass | scarp ⓘ |
| formedBy |
cooling of Mercury’s interior
ⓘ
global contraction of Mercury ⓘ |
| geologicalProcess | thrust faulting ⓘ |
| hasHeight | up to about 1.5 kilometers ⓘ |
| hasLength | approximately 500 kilometers ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | lobate scarp ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | north–south trending ⓘ |
| hasRelief | high-relief scarp ⓘ |
| hasTypeLocal | rupes ⓘ |
| imagedBy |
MESSENGER spacecraft
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mariner 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isEvidenceFor |
cooling of Mercury’s core
ⓘ
planetary contraction on Mercury ⓘ |
| isOneOf | most prominent lobate scarps on Mercury ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameApprovedBy | International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | RRS Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | crust of Mercury ⓘ |
| planet | Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| planetographicCoordinateSystem | Mercury coordinate system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surfaceExpressionOf | deep-seated thrust fault ⓘ |
| surfaceFeatureOf | Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tectonicOrigin | compressional tectonics ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rupes (scarps) on Mercury