Victoria Rupes
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Victoria Rupes is a prominent lobate scarp, or cliff-like tectonic feature, on the surface of the planet Mercury.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lobate scarp
ⓘ
surface feature on Mercury ⓘ tectonic landform ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Mariner 10 mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featureClass | rupes ⓘ |
| featureTypeTermOrigin | Rupes is Latin for cliff ⓘ |
| formedBy |
compressional tectonics
ⓘ
global contraction of Mercury ⓘ |
| governingBodyForName | International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | cliff-like ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | approximately north–south ⓘ |
| hasScientificSignificance |
constrains stress history of Mercury’s lithosphere
ⓘ
evidence for Mercury’s global contraction ⓘ |
| imagedBy |
MESSENGER spacecraft
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mariner 10 spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| indicates | cooling and contraction of Mercury’s interior ⓘ |
| isComparedTo | other lobate scarps on Mercury such as Discovery Rupes ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Mercury’s lobate scarp system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern hemisphere of Mercury ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mappedIn | MESSENGER global tectonic maps ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Queen Victoria ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| planetaryBody | Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surfaceAgeCharacteristic |
crosscuts older impact craters
ⓘ
younger than surrounding heavily cratered terrain ⓘ |
| surfaceExpressionOf | thrust fault ⓘ |
| surfaceProcess | tectonism ⓘ |
| tectonicType | thrust fault scarp ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rupes (scarps) on Mercury