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| Description: Saturn’s Diverse Moons Two particularly intriguing moons are (e) Iapetus and (f) Hyperion. The ridge running along the equator of Iapetus is believed to have developed as the moon formed. Apparently Iapetus cooled so rapidly that the ridge did not have time to settle away. Perhaps the most bizarre object photographed in the solar system, Hyperion, shows innumerable impact craters. These features are different from craters seen in other objects in that the crater walls here have not filled in the bottom of the craters. This moon’s low gravity and the pull of nearby Titan may explain this unusual phenomenon. Picture Stats: Views: 569 Filesize: 198.39kB Height: 669 Width: 1350 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=16372 |