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Iapetus is one of Saturn's moons, notable for its distinctive two-toned appearance with one hemisphere much darker than the other. It matters to scientists because its unusual features provide clues about the history and processes of Saturn's moon system.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- regular moon
- Named after
- Iapetos
- Parent body
- Saturn
- Radius
- 734.5
- Mass
- 1.8055
- Orbital period
- 79.3215
- Image
- Iapetus as seen by the Cassini probe - 20071008.jpg
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- Commons category
- Iapetus
- time of discovery or invention
- 1671-10-25
- discoverer or inventor
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini
- topic's main category
- Category:Iapetus (moon)
- Commons gallery
- Iapetus (moon)
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 3560820
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.0286125
- density
- 1.088
- albedo
- 0.6
- category for maps or plans
- Category:Surface features of Iapetus (moon)
- orbital inclination
- 17.28
- apparent magnitude
- 10.2
- periapsis
- 3462252
- apoapsis
- 3659387
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