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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Rupes%20Mercator LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Rupes%20Mercator%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Rupes%20Mercator LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Rupes%20Mercator%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br />  
 
==Maps==
 
==Maps==
''([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 94D3)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac94/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I485/ Geologic map]<br /> <br />  
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''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 94D3)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac94/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I485/ Geologic map]<br /> <br />  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
  This is a short ridge, one of the few remaining parts of the rim (interpreted) of the [/Mare%20Nubium Nubium Basin]. All basin rims are places where the terrain inside the rim has moved downward compared to that beyond it, but there is no evidence that this rim arc is a fault. The classic rupes or faults on the Moon have scarps, and although '''Rupes Mercator''' casts a straight shadow, it does not have a scarp face and thus labelling it a ''rupes'' is unwarranted.<br /> <br />  
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  This is a short ridge, one of the few remaining parts of the rim (interpreted) of the [[Mare%20Nubium|Nubium Basin]]. All basin rims are places where the terrain inside the rim has moved downward compared to that beyond it, but there is no evidence that this rim arc is a fault. The classic rupes or faults on the Moon have scarps, and although '''Rupes Mercator''' casts a straight shadow, it does not have a scarp face and thus labelling it a ''rupes'' is unwarranted.<br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_%28crater%29 Rupes Mercator]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_%28crater%29 Rupes Mercator]<br /> <br />  
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==Nomenclature==
 
==Nomenclature==
  Named after nearby crater. ([/Mercator Mercator])<br /> <br />  
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  Named after nearby crater. ([[Mercator|Mercator]])<br /> <br />  
 
==LPOD Articles==
 
==LPOD Articles==
 
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Revision as of 16:12, 15 April 2018

Rupes Mercator

Lat: 31.0°S, Long: 22.3°W, Length: 132,4 km, Height: km, Rükl: 63
external image normal_Rupes%20Mercator_LO-IV-131H_LTVT.jpgexternal image normal_Rimae%20%20Hesiodus.jpgClipboard01.jpgPosnetek zaslona (93).png

Rupes Mercator zjutraj.jpg
upper left: Lunar Orbiter IV - High Resolution upper right: Eliza T. (north to left), middle left - Rupes Mercator in the evening: Peter Oberč, Slovenia, moddle right: LRO, bottom left - Rupes Mercator in the morning: Peter Oberč, SLO

Table of Contents

[#Rupes Mercator Rupes Mercator]
[#Rupes Mercator-Images Images]
[#Rupes Mercator-Maps Maps]
[#Rupes Mercator-Description Description]
[#Rupes Mercator-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Rupes Mercator-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Rupes Mercator-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Rupes Mercator-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Rupes Mercator-Bibliography Bibliography]

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images

Maps

(LAC zone 94D3) LAC map Geologic map

Description

This is a short ridge, one of the few remaining parts of the rim (interpreted) of the Nubium Basin. All basin rims are places where the terrain inside the rim has moved downward compared to that beyond it, but there is no evidence that this rim arc is a fault. The classic rupes or faults on the Moon have scarps, and although Rupes Mercator casts a straight shadow, it does not have a scarp face and thus labelling it a rupes is unwarranted.

Description: Wikipedia

Rupes Mercator

Additional Information


Nomenclature

Named after nearby crater. (Mercator)

LPOD Articles


Bibliography




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