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Santa María Rupes

Coordinates:5°49′N19°50′W / 5.82°N 19.83°W /5.82; -19.83
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Rupes on Mercury
Santa María Rupes
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Santa Maria Rupes, as photographed byMariner 10
Feature typeRupes
Coordinates5°49′N19°50′W / 5.82°N 19.83°W /5.82; -19.83[1]
EponymSanta María

Santa María Rupes is a prominent lobateescarpment andfault line onMercury.[2][3] According to data fromArecibo, it has a relief of roughly 700m.[4][3] The formation was named after the shipSanta María, used by Christopher Columbus.[5][6] The escarpment was probably created as Mercury cooled and thus contracted.[6]

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  1. ^Mahoney, T. J. (2013-11-18).Mercury. Springer Science & Business Media.ISBN 978-1-4614-7951-2.
  2. ^"APOD: January 21, 1996 - Mercury's Faults".apod.nasa.gov. Retrieved2023-03-29.
  3. ^abWatters, Thomas R.; Schultz, Richard A. (2010).Planetary Tectonics. Cambridge University Press.ISBN 978-0-521-76573-2.
  4. ^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.
  5. ^Moore, Patrick; Rees, Robin (2014-01-16).Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy. Cambridge University Press.ISBN 978-1-139-49522-6.
  6. ^abLang, 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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