Enterprise Rupes Explained

Enterprise Rupes
Type:Rupes
Coordinates:-36.54°N -283.46°W
Eponym:USS Enterprise

Enterprise Rupes is an escarpment on Mercury, located at 36.54°S, 283.46°W. It is the longest rupes on Mercury,[1] with a length of 820km (510miles). The escarpment was named after, a ship which conducted the first surveys of the Mississippi and Amazon rivers.[2]

Enterprise Rupes are within the Debussy quadrangle and they cut across Rembrandt crater. The scarp is the youngest tectonic feature observed in this region, because it cuts all other units including smooth plains.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://messenger.jhuapl.edu/Resources/Press-Conference/20150316.html New Findings from MESSENGERS’s Low-Altitude Campaign
  2. Web site: MESSENGER Team Names Ten Major Fault Scarps On Mercury. 18 March 2014. June 6, 2013.
  3. Watters. Thomas R.. Head. JW. Solomon. SC. Robinson. MS. Chapman. CR. Denevi. BW. Fassett. CI. Murchie. SL. Strom. RG. Evolution of the Rembrandt Impact Basin on Mercury. 2009. Science. 324. 19407197. 5927. 618–621. 10.1126/science.1172109. 2009Sci...324..618W. 206519109.

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