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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Enterprise Rupes canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: MESSENGER
isEvidenceFor global contraction of Mercury ⓘ
planetary cooling ⓘ
thermal evolution of Mercury ⓘ
isPartOf Mercury global lobate scarp population ⓘ
locatedIn Mercury crust ⓘ
locatedOn Mercury ⓘ
namedAfter Starship Enterprise ⓘ
nameLanguage Latin ⓘ
observedBy MESSENGER spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: MESSENGER
RupesMeans cliffs ⓘ
studiedIn Mercury tectonics research ⓘ
surfaceFeatureOf Mercury ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rupes (scarps) on Mercury → haveRepresentativeExample → Enterprise Rupes ⓘ
subject linked to: Rupes (scarps)