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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Two-Tone Surface of Iapetus
Data from the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has solved a centuries-old mystery of why the moon Iapetus has a
two-toned surface
: It is created by dust settling on the leading side of Iapetus from another of Saturn's moon.
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