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The Dark Side of Iapetus: New Evidence for an Exogenous OriginThe Saturnian satellite Iapetus presents one of the most unusual appearances of any object in the Solar System: one hemisphere is about 10 times as bright as the other. The origin of the dark hemisphere - which reflects only a few percent of the solar radiation falling on it - is one of the great enigmas of planetary science.
Document ID
20060042291
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
External Source(s)
hdl:2014/33846
Authors
Buratti, B. J.
Mosher, J. A.
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1994
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Iapetus

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