Vostok_Rupes

Vostok Rupes

Vostok Rupes

Escarpment on Mercury

Vostok Rupes is an escarpment on Mercury. The scarp is a surface manifestation of a thrust fault, which formed when the planet contracted as its interior cooled.[2]

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Vostok Rupes cuts across the crater Guido d'Arezzo and across a larger, unnamed crater to the northwest.

Vostok Rupes is named after Russian ship Vostok, which led the First Russian Antarctic Expedition in 1819–1821, commanded by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Vostok Rupes". USGS. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  2. [2]
    Watters, Thomas R.; Solomon, Sean C.; Robinson, Mark S.; et al. (2009). "The tectonics of Mercury: The view after MESSENGER's first flyby". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 285 (3–4): 283–296. Bibcode:2009E&PSL.285..283W. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.025.
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