古柏方格

古柏方格区，位于水星有大量坑穴的地区，包括年轻、直径55公里的古柏坑（11°S.，31.5°），在纪录上是这颗行星反照率最高的地区，和水星经度的主要参考点，小的婚咯坑（Hun Kal，0.6°S.，20.0°）（戴维斯和贝特森，1975年）；撞击坑和盆地、为数众多的二次坑、大量明亮的坑是这个平原地区的地貌特征。至少存在6个直径从150公里至400公里的多环盆地。由于在水手10号拍摄的水星影像中广泛存在着多环盆地，如同在月球和火星，它们存在的价值在提供了比较这些天体的结构之间的潜在基础。

水手10号的影像

水手10号的马赛克影像。

本方格区的西北方部分。

来源

• De Hon, R.A.; Scott, D. H.; Underwood, J. R., Jr. Geologic Map Of The Kuiper (H-6) Quadrangle Of Mercury (PDF). 1981 [2015-11-07]. （原始内容存档 (PDF)于2012-05-22）.  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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