Rupes

Rupes/ˈruːpɪs/(plural/ˈruːpiːz/)^[1]is theLatinword for 'cliff'. It is used inplanetary geologyto refer toescarpmentson other worlds. As of January 2013^[update],theIAUhas named 62 such features in theSolar System,onMercury(17),Venus(7), theMoon(8),Mars(23), the asteroidsVesta(2) andLutetia(2), and Uranus's satellitesMiranda(2) andTitania(1).^[2]^{[failed verification]}

How rupes formed is, as of 2008^[update],a matter of speculation. Compressionalstrainfrom the cooling of the crust ofterrestrial planetsand large-scale displacement due to impacts are the two dominant theories.^[3]

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^The two Latin forms, singularrūpeswith a short 'e' and pluralrūpēswith a long 'e', are spelled the same in English.
^USGS Astrogeology: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - Feature Types
^"APOD: 21 January 1996 - Mercury's Faults".APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day). 1996-01-21.Retrieved2008-04-16.

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[1] The two Latin forms, singularrūpeswith a short 'e' and pluralrūpēswith a long 'e', are spelled the same in English.

[2] USGS Astrogeology: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - Feature Types

[3] "APOD: 21 January 1996 - Mercury's Faults".APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day). 1996-01-21.Retrieved2008-04-16.

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