Moons of Saturn: Iapetus
Iapetus is one of the moons of the planet Saturn. For a listing of other moons, see Moons of the Planets.
Iapetus Stats
- Mass (kg)
- 1.88e+21
- Radius (km)
- 730
- Density (gm/cm3)
- 1.21
- Distance from planet (km)
- 3,561,300
- Rotational period (days)
- 79.33018
- Orbital period (days)
- 79.33018
- Orbital velocity (km/sec)
- 79.33018
- Eccentricity of orbit
- 0.0283
- Inclination of orbit (°)
- 14.72
- Albedo
- 0.2
- Magnitude (Vo)
- 10.2-11.9
- Atmosphere

Iapetus can be viewed with a decent-sized telescope.