Iapetus

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4441.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4441. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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A mid-sized icy satellite of Saturn, discovered by Giovanni Cassini in 1671. It is 1440 km in diameter, and orbits at a distance of 3 561 000 km. Iapetus is unique in the solar system in its harlequin appearance: the leading hemisphere—facing the direction of orbital motion—is dark, with an albedo of around 0.05, while the trailing hemisphere is bright, with an albedo of 0.5. Its magnitude thus c...

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