Iapetus, it turns out, is now one of a large complement of Saturnian moons. After the discovery of another 12 moons, ... In Greek mythology Iapetus was a Titan, the son of Uranus, ...

Based on ancient mythology, Atlas is a well-known figure in Greek stories. According to Greekmythology.com , Atlas was the son of Iapetus and the Oceanid Asia, or some believe it was Clymene.

In classic Greek mythology, Prometheus, son of the Titan Iapetus and god of forethought and crafty counsel, was entrusted (alongside Athena) with the moulding of mankind out of mud and wind.

Saturn’s two-faced moon Iapetus reaches its greatest western elongation today. At western elongation, the moon’s lighter hemisphere is turned toward Earth, making it brightest and easiest to ...

In Greek mythology, Iapetus was the father of Atlantis, so the older ocean is named after the older mythological figure. (The Iapetus Ocean disappeared as continental plates shifted around and ...

Astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini first sighted Iapetus in 1671. The problem was that he could only see it half the time. When it was west of Saturn, it was quite bright and easily observed but it ...

Named after a Titan from Greek mythology, a 2006 study published on Science Daily explains how the Iapetus Ocean was originally formed by Earth’s shifting tectonic plates drifting apart.

Unlike many other icy moons of similar size, Iapetus has a great deal of topological variation. Beyond the tall equatorial ridge, it has extremely large impact craters, some as deep as 25km.

In classic Greek mythology, Prometheus, son of the Titan Iapetus and god of forethought and crafty counsel, was entrusted (alongside Athena) with the moulding ...