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Iapetus has a bright and a dark hemisphere, with a ridge running along its equator. The dark region is called Cassini Regio and is the principal feature of the leading hemisphere. The surface of Iapetus is heavily cratered, with large impact basins up to 580 kilometres across. Surface darkening on Iapetus comes from organic materials left ...
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.
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.
Jan 7, 2005 · Iapetus: A View from the Top. This oblique view of Saturn's moon Iapetus from high latitude shows how the dark, heavily cratered terrain of Cassini Regio transitions to a bright, icy terrain at high latitudes. In this mosaic of two high resolution images taken during Cassini's New Year's Eve 2004 flyby of Iapetus, the direction toward the north ...
Jan 30, 2008 · Saturn’s Moon Iapetus is the Yin-and-Yang of the Solar System. Scientists on the Cassini mission to Saturn are poring through hundreds of images returned from the September 10 flyby of Saturn’s two-toned moon Iapetus. Pictures returned late Tuesday and early Wednesday show the moon’s yin and yang — a white hemisphere resembling snow ...
Iapetus was also considered the personification of one of the four pillars that hold the heavens and the earth apart, a role that he later bequeathed to his son, Atlas. He represented the pillar of the west, the other three being represented by his brothers Crius, Coeus and Hyperion. The four brothers actively played a role in the dethroning of ...
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