Hero Rupes

Hero Rupes
Feature type Rupes
Length 300 km[1]
Eponym Hero (sloop)[2]

Hero Rupes is an escarpment on Mercury more than 300 kilometers long[1] located in the southern hemisphere of Mercury.[2] Discovered by the Mariner 10 spacecraft in 1974, it was formed by a thrust fault, thought to have occurred due to the shrinkage of the planet's core as it cooled over time.[3]

The scarp is named after sloop Hero, Nathaniel Palmer's ship to explore Antarctic coast, 1820–21.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "PIA02943: 300 Kilometer Long Scarp". NASA/JPL. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02943. Retrieved July 19, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c "Resolution Rupes". USGS. http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/5003. Retrieved July 19, 2010. 
  3. ^ 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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