Enterprise Rupes
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Enterprise Rupes is a prominent lobate scarp on the planet Mercury, formed by the planet’s crust contracting and thrusting over itself as Mercury cooled.
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological feature
ⓘ
lobate scarp ⓘ rupes on Mercury ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | spacecraft imaging ⓘ |
| featureType | scarp ⓘ |
| formedBy |
cooling of Mercury
ⓘ
planetary contraction ⓘ thrust faulting ⓘ |
| hasAge | post-heavy bombardment ⓘ |
| hasFaultType | thrust fault ⓘ |
| hasGeologicSetting | Mercury highlands ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | lobate scarp ⓘ |
| hasNameElement | Rupes ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | linear to arcuate structure ⓘ |
| hasPlanet | Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
crustal shortening
ⓘ
overthrusting of crustal blocks ⓘ |
| hasRelief | kilometer-scale vertical offset ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
constraint on Mercury radius change
ⓘ
evidence of Mercury’s interior cooling ⓘ |
| hasStructure | one crustal block thrust over another ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceExpression | cliff-like escarpment ⓘ |
| hasTectonicOrigin | compressional tectonics ⓘ |
| imagedBy | MESSENGER MDIS instrument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isEvidenceFor |
global contraction of Mercury
ⓘ
planetary cooling ⓘ thermal evolution of Mercury ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Mercury global lobate scarp population ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mercury crust ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Starship Enterprise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| observedBy | MESSENGER spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| RupesMeans | cliffs ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Mercury tectonics research ⓘ |
| surfaceFeatureOf | Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rupes (scarps) on Mercury