Santa María Rupes is a prominent lobate escarpment and fault line on Mercury.[2][3] According to data from Aricebo, it has a relief of roughly 700m.[4][3] The formation was named after the ship Santa María, used by Christopher Columbus.[5][6] The escarpment was probably created as Mercury cooled and thus contracted.[6]
 Santa Maria Rupes, as photographed by Mariner 10 | |
| Feature type | Rupes |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 5°49′N 19°50′W / 5.82°N 19.83°W[1] |
| Eponym | Santa María |
See also
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edit- ^ Mahoney, T. J. (2013-11-18). Mercury. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-1-4614-7951-2.
- ^ "APOD: January 21, 1996 - Mercury's Faults". apod.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ a b Watters, Thomas R.; Schultz, Richard A. (2010). Planetary Tectonics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-76573-2.
- ^ Watters, Thomas R.; Robinson, Mark S.; Cook, Anthony C. (Nov 1998). "Topography of lobate scarps on Mercury: New constraints on the planet's contraction" (PDF). Geology. 26 (11): 991–994. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0991:TOLSOM>2.3.CO;2.
- ^ Moore, Patrick; Rees, Robin (2014-01-16). Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49522-6.
- ^ a b Lang, Kenneth R. (2011-03-03). The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49417-5.
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