Sean C. Solomon

TL;DR: Louise M Prockter, Carolyn M Ernst, Brett W Denevi, Clark R Chapman, Sean C Solomon, David T Blewett, James W Head III, Gabriele Cremonese, Simone Marchi, Matteo Massironi, William J Merline Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA Email: LouiseProckter@jhuapledu Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, USA Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 200

TL;DR: In this article, the degree and depth of fracturing of the lithospheres of Mars, Mercury, and the Moon remain poorly known, and it is these two properties that govern the mechanical behavior of a planetary lithosphere.

Abstract: TOPOGRAPHY. Peter B. James, Roger J. Phillips, Matthias Grott, Steven A. Hauck, II, and Sean C. Solomon, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, USA (peterj@ldeo.columbia.edu), Planetary Science Directorate, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA, Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Rutherfordstraße 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany. Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, USA.

TL;DR: Pit craters on Mercury occur both inside impact craters and on intercrater terrain this article, and morphology derived from MESSENGER stereo images from orbit suggests formation by collapse above the crustal magma reservoir, a likely contribution of explosive eruptions.