Rousillon Rupes
Rousillon Rupes is a scarp on the surface of the Uranian moon Titania named after a location in William Shakespeare's comedy All's Well That Ends Well.[1] The 402 km long feature is a normal fault situated near the equator and running perpendicular to it. The scarp cuts impact craters, which probably means that it was formed at a relatively late stage of moon's evolution,[2] when the interior of Titania expanded and its ice crust cracked as a result.[3] Rousillon Rupes has only few crater superimposed on it, which also implies its relatively young age. The scarp was first imaged by Voyager 2 spacecraft in January 1986.[2]
References
- ^ "Titania: Rousillon Rupes". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
- ^ a b Attention: This template ({{cite doi}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by doi:10.1126/science.233.4759.43, please use {{cite journal}} (if it was published in a bona fide academic journal, otherwise {{cite report}} with
|doi=10.1126/science.233.4759.43instead. - ^ Croft, S.K. (1989). New geological maps of Uranian satellites Titania, Oberon, Umbriel and Miranda. Proceeding of Lunar and Planetary Sciences. Vol. 20. Lunar and Planetary Sciences Institute, Houston. p. 205C.
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