Hero Rupes

Hero Rupes
Feature type	Rupes
Coordinates	58.4°S 171.4°W[1]
Length	300 km[2]
Eponym	Hero (sloop)[1]

Hero Rupes is an escarpment on Mercury more than 300 kilometres (190 miles) long[2] located in the southern hemisphere of Mercury.[1] 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 used to explore the Antarctic coast, 1820–21.[1]

References

"Resolution Rupes". USGS. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
"PIA02943: 300 Kilometer Long Scarp". NASA/JPL. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
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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[usgs-1] "Resolution Rupes". USGS. Retrieved July 19, 2010.

[nasa-2] "PIA02943: 300 Kilometer Long Scarp". NASA/JPL. Retrieved July 19, 2010.

[Watters2009-3] 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.