Iapetus (satelit)
Iapetus (eye-ap'-ə-təs, Lassell, William (1848). "Satellites of Saturn". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 8 (3): 42–43. , adalah satelit alami terbesar ketiga di Saturnus, ditemukan oleh Giovanni Domenico Cassini tahun 1671. Iapetus diketahui untuk pewarnaannya, tetapi penemuan oleh misi Cassini telah membuka beberapa karakteristik fisikal. Misteri ini masih diselidiki oleh ilmuwan, dan informasi tentang Iapetus masih terus diakumulas.
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Iapetus (moon).
- Cassini mission page - Iapetus
- Iapetus Profile Diarsipkan 2007-08-01 di Wayback Machine. by NASA's Solar System Exploration
- The Planetary Society: Iapetus
- Astronomy Picture of the Day article on Iapetus
- Mirror Objects in the Solar System? - refereed article discussing the speculative mirror matter, and Iapetus in this context
- A Moon with a View Diarsipkan 2009-05-29 di Wayback Machine. - Richard C. Hoagland's highly creative discussion of Iapetus' oddities
- New attempts to crack Saturn's 'walnut' moon - equatorial ridge formation theories
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