Surface feature · Mercury
Discovery Rupes
A great lobate cliff on Mercury, formed as the planet's interior cooled and its crust contracted, thrusting one block of terrain over another.
Knowledge connections
- Member of groupFault Scarp
- Located onMercury
Sources
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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