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, ...

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 ... History · Orbit · Formation · Physical characteristics

27 июн. 2016 г. · 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 ...

Iapetus is a very strange moon. It is oddly shaped and colored, and is the third largest moon orbiting around the planet Saturn.

5 окт. 2021 г. · Given that Iapetus is Saturn's third largest moon, that it appears to have a similar composition to Saturn's other prominent moons, and that it ...

Iapetus [eye-AP-i-tus] is one of the stranger moons of Saturn. Its density is similar to that of Rhea, indicating that it has a small allotment of rocky ...

2 сент. 2024 г. · Iapetus is the outermost of Saturn's major moons and was discovered by Giovanni Cassini in 1671. Part of its surface is bright, ...

1 окт. 2024 г. · Iapetus has a radius of 718 km (446 miles) and orbits Saturn once every 79.3 Earth days at a distance of 3,561,300 km (2,212,900 miles).

Saturn's moon Iapetus. This false-color mosaic shows the entire hemisphere of Iapetus (1468 kilometers, or 912 miles across) visible from Cassini on the ...