Iapetus

Summary

Iapetus is a moon of Saturn^[1]. Iapetus ranks in the top 3% of moon_of_saturn entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,143 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Iapetus is credited with the discovery of Giovanni Domenico Cassini^[3].
• Iapetus's video is recorded as Iapetus.gif^[4].
• Iapetus's image is recorded as Iapetus as seen by the Cassini probe - 20071008.jpg^[5].
• Iapetus's instance of is recorded as moon of Saturn^[6].
• Iapetus's instance of is recorded as regular moon^[7].
• Iapetos is named after Iapetus^[8].
• Iapetus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2010014157^[9].
• Iapetus's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Iapetus symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• Iapetus's Commons category is recorded as Iapetus^[11].
• Iapetus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Saturn^[12].
• Iapetus's orbit diagram is recorded as Iapetus orbit (polar).jpg^[13].
• Iapetus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1671-10-25T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Iapetus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0p_xs^[15].
• Iapetus's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph632740^[16].
• Iapetus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Iapetus (moon)^[17].
• Iapetus's Commons gallery is recorded as Iapetus (moon)^[18].
• Iapetus's spoken text audio is recorded as Iapetus (moon).ogg^[19].
• Iapetus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0286125'}^[20].
• Iapetus's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.2'}^[21].
• Iapetus's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0034338^[22].
• Iapetus's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[23].
• Iapetus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Iapetus-astronomy^[24].
• Iapetus's topic has template is recorded as Template:GeoTemplate/iapetus^[25].
• Iapetus's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7031564^[26].
• Iapetus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.28'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Iapetus is credited with the discovery of Giovanni Domenico Cassini^[3]. Things named for Iapetus include Iapetus Nunatak^[28], a nunatak^[29].

Why It Matters

Iapetus ranks in the top 3% of moon_of_saturn entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,143 views/month).^[2] Iapetus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Iapetus is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for Iapetus include Iapetus Nunatak^[28], a nunatak^[29].