Iapetus, Saturn's third-largest moon, is known as the yin and yang of Saturn's moons for its stark two-toned surface: a leading hemisphere as dark as coal and a trailing hemisphere many times brighter.
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Diameter (km) Orbital Distance3,561,000 km from Saturn 1 Discovery Year Connections
Orbits
Source NASA Solar System Exploration
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1. NASA Solar System Exploration
National Aeronautics and Space Administrationscience.nasa.gov, Saturn Moons: Iapetus
Iapetus has been called the yin and yang of the Saturn moons because its leading hemisphere has a reflectivity (or albedo) as dark as coal.
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Iapetus, Saturn's third-largest moon, is known as the yin and yang of Saturn's moons for its stark two-toned surface: a leading hemisphere as dark as coal and a trailing hemisphere many times brighter.
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In Group: Moons of Saturn, Lead sentenceQuote, In Group: Moons of Saturn, Lead sentence
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.
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