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Planet Saturn Moons: Iapetus

Iapetus is a moon of the planet Saturn.

For a listing of other moons, see Moons of the planets.

Iapetus Moon Facts
Mass (kg) 1.88e+21
Radius (km) 730
Density (gm/cm3) 1.21
Distance from Saturn (km) 3,561,300
Period of rotation (days) 79.33018
Period of orbit (days) 79.33018
Orbital velocity (km/sec) 79.33018
Eccentricity of orbit 0.0283
Inclination of orbit (°) 14.72
Visual albedo 0.2
Visual magnitude 10.2-11.9

This moon is too faint to be viewed in all amateur telescopes.
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