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Keyword: Iapetus
![Япет: разноцветный спутник Сатурна](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2018/06/03/0001412878/iapetus3_cassini_960.preview.jpg)
2.06.2018
What has happened to Saturn's moon Iapetus? Vast sections of this strange world are dark as coal, while others are as bright as ice. The composition of the dark material is unknown, but infrared spectra indicate that it possibly contains some dark form of carbon.
![Япет: спутник Сатурна со странной поверхностью](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2023/02/26/0001883250/iapetus_cassini_960.preview.jpg)
25.02.2023
What would make a moon look like a walnut? A strange ridge that circles Saturn's moon Iapetus's equator, visible near the bottom of the featured image, makes it appear similar to a popular edible nut.
![Разноцветный спутник Сатурна Япет: стереофотография](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/07/13/0001748618/iapetus3_cassini_960.preview.jpg)
12.07.2021
What has happened to Saturn's moon Iapetus? Vast sections of this strange world are dark brown, while others are as bright white. The composition of the dark material is unknown, but infrared spectra indicate that it possibly contains some dark form of carbon.
![Япет: разноцветный спутник Сатурна](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/01/13/0001255544/iapetus3_cassini_900.preview.jpg)
13.01.2012
What has happened to Saturn's moon Iapetus? Vast sections of this strange world are dark as coal, while others are as bright as ice. The composition of the dark material is unknown, but infrared spectra indicate that it possibly contains some dark form of carbon.
![Япет: спутник Сатурна со странной поверхностью](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/02/01/0001202666/iapetus_cassini.preview.jpg)
31.01.2005
What has happened to Saturn's moon Iapetus? A strange ridge crosses the moon near the equator, visible near the bottom of the above image, making Iapetus appear similar to the pit of a peach. Half of Iapetus is so dark that it can nearly disappear when viewed from Earth.
![Япет: раскрашенный спутник](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/08/09/0001235766/iapetus3_cassini.preview.jpg)
9.08.2009
What has happened to Saturn's moon Iapetus? Vast sections of this strange world are dark as coal, while others are as bright as ice. The composition of the dark material is unknown, but infrared spectra indicate that it possibly contains some dark form of carbon.
![Темные области Япета](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/01/05/0001210795/iapetus3_cassini.preview.jpg)
2.01.2006
Why are vast sections of Iapetus as dark as coal? No one knows for sure. Iapetus, the third largest moon of Saturn, was inspected again as the Saturn-orbiting robot Cassini spacecraft swooped past the enigmatic world again late last year.
![Хребет на экваторе Япета в стерео](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/09/17/0001223490/Iapetus_pava_small.preview.jpg)
15.09.2007
This bizarre, equatorial ridge extending across and beyond the dark, leading hemisphere of Iapetus gives the two-toned Saturnian moon a distinct walnut shape. With red/blue glasses you can check out a remarkable stereo composition of this extraordinary feature -- based on close-up images from this week's Cassini spacecraft flyby.
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