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The moon always presents the same face toward Saturn. With its distant, inclined orbit, Iapetus is the only large moon from which there is a nice view of the rings of Saturn. As with some other Saturnian moons, Iapetus is in resonance with Saturn's largest moon, Titan, which orbits at 759,200 miles (1,221,850 kilometers).
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.
Iapetus, outermost of Saturn’s major regular moons, extraordinary because of its great contrast in surface brightness. It was discovered by the Italian-born French astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini in 1671 and named for one of the Titans of Greek mythology. Iapetus has a radius of 718 km (446 miles)
Iapetus is an oddly-coloured and shaped moon of Saturn. It is the third-largest moon in the system, and was discovered in 1671 by the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini. Iapetus Diagrams. Iapetus size compared to the Moon and Earth.
Jun 27, 2016 · Iapetus is the third-largest moon orbiting Saturn, with a diameter of 914 miles (1,471.2 km). Although its radius is about two-fifths that of Earth's moon, its icy composition means that it is...
Oct 7, 2022 · Through his sons, Iapetus had the strongest connection to mortal life and mortals in general, that is, human beings. Indeed, he is considered the father or grandfather of the human race. Thus, it is perhaps fitting that the Titan most associated with mortals should be the god of mortality.
Dec 17, 2004 · The trailing hemisphere reflects about 50. percent of the sunlight that falls on it. One hemisphere of Iapetus is covered with very reflective material while the other hemisphere is covered with some of the darkest material in the solar system.
