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rupes
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[[File:Rupes Recta (LROC287 - recta thumb2).png|thumb|Rupes Recta is a well-known linear rille that extends over 100 km in length. Portion of LROC WAC monochrome mosaic, illumination is from the left, and asterisk notes location of LROC NAC (below) [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].]] In planetary geology, rupes (, plural: ) are escarpments on planets other than Earth.
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[[File:Rupes Recta (LROC287 - recta thumb2).png|thumb|Rupes Recta is a well-known linear rille that extends over 100 km in length. Portion of LROC WAC monochrome mosaic, illumination is from the left, and asterisk notes location of LROC NAC (below) [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].]] In planetary geology, rupes (, plural: ) are escarpments on planets other than Earth.
, 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).
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