古柏方格

古柏方格區，位於水星有大量坑穴的地區，包括年輕、直徑55公里的古柏坑（11°S.，31.5°），在紀錄上是這顆行星反照率最高的地區Hapke, Bruce, Danielson, G. E., Jr., Klaasen, Kenneth, and Wilson, Lionel, 1975, Photometric observations of Mercury from Mariner 10: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 80, no. 17, p. 2431–2443.，和水星經度的主要參考點，小的婚咯坑（Hun Kal，0.6°S.，20.0°）（戴維斯和貝特森，1975年）；撞擊坑和盆地、為數眾多的二次坑、大量明亮的坑是這個平原地區的地貌特徵。至少存在6個直徑從150公里至400公里的多環盆地。由於在水手10號拍攝的水星影像中廣泛存在著多環盆地，如同在月球和火星，它們存在的價值在提供了比較這些天體的結構之間的潛在基礎。

 水手10號的影像 


 地層學 

 坑穴和盆地 

 構造 

 地質歷史 

 來源 
 Prepared for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration by the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. Published in hardcopy as USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Series  Map I–1233, as part of the Atlas of Mercury, 1:5,000,000 Geologic Series. (Hardcopy is available for sale from U.S. Geological Survey, Information Services, Box 25286, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225)

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