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Iapetus. In Greek mythology, Iapetus ( / aɪˈæpɪtəs /; eye-AP-ih-təs; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἰαπετός, romanized : Iapetós ), [2] also Japetus, is a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia [3] and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius. He was also called the father of Buphagus [4] and Anchiale [5] in other sources.
Iapetus (/ aɪ ˈ æ p ə t ə s /) is the outermost of Saturn's large moons. With an estimated diameter of 1,469 km (913 mi), it is the third-largest moon of Saturn and the eleventh-largest in the Solar System. Named after the Titan Iapetus, the moon was discovered in 1671 by Giovanni Domenico Cassini.
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Saturn's third largest moon, Iapetus has a mean radius of 457 miles (736 kilometers) and a density only 1.2 times that of liquid water. It has been suggested that Iapetus (like Rhea) is three quarters ice and one quarter rock. A 3D model of Iapetus, a moon of Saturn. Iapetus orbits at 2,213,000 miles (3,561,000 kilometers) from Saturn.
The Origins of Iapetus. Iapetus is an elder Titan born from the primordial gods Uranus and Gaia. His parents were some of the first two beings to exist. According to “The Illiad” by Homer, he almost didn’t exist at all. Iapetus was just one of the Titan gods hidden in Tartarus by Uranus.
The Iapetus Ocean ( / aɪˈæpɪtəs /; eye-AP-ih-təs) [1] existed in the late Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic eras of the geologic timescale (between 600 and 400 million years ago). It lay in the southern hemisphere, between the paleocontinents of Laurentia, Baltica and Avalonia. The ocean disappeared with the Acadian, Caledonian and ...
Aug 20, 2018 · English: Iapetus, also Japetus, is the third-largest moon of Saturn, discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1671. Iapetus is best known for its dramatic 'two-tone' coloration, but recent discoveries by the Cassini mission have revealed several other unusual physical characteristics.
Iapetus is a large astronomical body. It is Saturn’s third-largest moon after Titan and Rhea. This moon is also designated Saturn VIII. It was discovered in the 17th century and is the farthest of Saturn’s major moons. One of the most striking characteristics of this moon is the yin-yang-like color of its surface.
