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Iapetus (Satellite)

LC control no.sh2010014157
Geographic headingIapetus (Satellite)
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Variant(s)Japetus (Satellite)
Saturn 5 (Satellite)
Saturn 7 (Satellite)
Saturn 8 (Satellite)
Saturn Eight (Satellite)
Saturn Five (Satellite)
Saturn Seven (Satellite)
Saturn V (Satellite)
Saturn VII (Satellite)
Saturn VIII (Satellite)
See alsoSaturn (Planet)--Satellites
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Special noteThis heading is not valid for use as a geographic subdivision.
Found inWork cat.: Geological Survey (U.S.). Pictorial map of Iapetus, 1992.
Gaz. of planetary nomenclature, Oct. 13, 2010 (Iapetus; Saturn)
Wikipedia, Oct. 13, 2010 (Iapetus, occasionally Japetus, is the third-largest moon of Saturn, and eleventh in the solar system); known as Saturn V when first discovered; in 1789 changed to Saturn VII; in 1848 became known as Saturn VIII, by which it is still known today)
The nine planets, via WWW, Oct. 13, 2010 (Iapetus is the seventeenth of Saturn's known satellites and the third largest)