Iapetus (/a?'æp?t?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.[a] Named after the Titan Iapetus, the moon was discovered in 1671 by Giovanni Domenico Cassini.
A relatively low-density body made up mostly of ice, Iapetus is home to several distinctive and unusual features, such as a striking difference in coloration between its leading hemisphere, which is dark, and its trailing hemisphere, which is bright, as well as a massive equatorial ridge running three-quarters of the way around the moon.
GENERAL INFO
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CHARACTERISTICS
- Radius: 736 km
- Sea Level: None
- Surface Gravity: 0.4 m/s
- Rotational Period: 10h
- Escape Velocity: 767.1 m/s
- Mass: 3.24E+21kg
Atmosphere
- No Atmosphere
EQUIRECTANGULAR MAP
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