Rupes
Template:Short description Rupes Template:IPAc-en (plural Template:IPAc-en)[1] is the Latin word for 'cliff'.
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It is used in planetary geology to refer to escarpments on other worlds. since January 2013[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the IAU has named 62 such features in the Solar System, on Mercury (17), Venus (7), the Moon (8), Mars (23), the asteroids Vesta (2) and Lutetia (2), and Uranus's satellites Miranda (2) and Titania (1).[2]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
How rupes formed is, since 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., a matter of speculation. Compressional strain from the cooling of the crust of terrestrial planets and large-scale displacement due to impacts are the two dominant theories.[3]
See also
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References
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- â The two Latin forms, singular rĆ«pes with a short 'e' and plural rĆ«pÄs with a long 'e', are spelled the same in English.
- â USGS Astrogeology: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - Feature Types
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