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This moon spins wrong, looks wrong, and scientists can’t explain it
Far out in the Saturn system, a small world refuses to behave. Iapetus spins in a way that should not be so stable, wears a ...
On Dec. 31, 2004, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft flew by Iapetus, Saturn’s third largest moon. Iapetus was discovered by the ...
Iapetus, Saturn's moon, is visible near Saturn in the early morning sky. Saturn is easily located as the brightest point of light in the Circlet of Pisces. Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is also ...
On October 25, Saturn's moon Iapetus reaches inferior conjunction, positioned 1.3′ north of Saturn and shining at approximately 11th magnitude, making it easier to observe near its parent planet.
Enigmatically, some landslides flow farther than normal frictional resistance allows. Cassini images of Saturn's icy moon Iapetus reveal a multitude of long-runout landslides that may have been ...
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