Rupes Mercator
Feature typeRupes
Coordinates30°13′S 22°50′W / 30.21°S 22.84°W / -30.21; -22.84

The Rupes Mercator is an escarpment located on the Moon.[1] It is named after the neighboring Mercator crater, a name assigned to it in 1935 by the International Astronomical Union in honor of the Flemish geographer and mathematician Gérard Mercator.

References

  1. "Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Rupes Mercator on Moon". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-24.

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