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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Victoria Rupes canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lobate scarp ⓘ
surface feature on Mercury ⓘ
tectonic landform ⓘ
discoveredBy Mariner 10 mission ⓘ
linked to: Mariner 10
featureClass rupes ⓘ
featureTypeTermOrigin Rupes is Latin for cliff ⓘ
formedBy compressional tectonics ⓘ
global contraction of Mercury ⓘ
governingBodyForName International Astronomical Union ⓘ
hasMorphology cliff-like ⓘ
hasOrientation approximately north–south ⓘ
hasScientificSignificance constrains stress history of Mercury’s lithosphere ⓘ
evidence for Mercury’s global contraction ⓘ
imagedBy MESSENGER spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: MESSENGER

Mariner 10 spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Mariner 10
indicates cooling and contraction of Mercury’s interior ⓘ
isComparedTo other lobate scarps on Mercury such as Discovery Rupes ⓘ
isPartOf Mercury’s lobate scarp system ⓘ
locatedIn southern hemisphere of Mercury ⓘ
locatedOn Mercury ⓘ
mappedIn MESSENGER global tectonic maps ⓘ
namedAfter Queen Victoria ⓘ
nameLanguage Latin ⓘ
planetaryBody Mercury ⓘ
surfaceAgeCharacteristic crosscuts older impact craters ⓘ
younger than surrounding heavily cratered terrain ⓘ
surfaceExpressionOf thrust fault ⓘ
surfaceProcess tectonism ⓘ
tectonicType thrust fault scarp ⓘ

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 → Victoria Rupes ⓘ
subject linked to: Rupes (scarps)