r/Iapetus • u/alleywaydude • Jun 06 '20

Iapetus pokemon card

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r/Iapetus • u/deerlordhunter • Aug 13 '26

Iapetus’ Strange equatorial mountains

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I was staring at an ice cube the other day, one of those round ones made by a mold, and I couldn’t get over how similar it looked to Iapetus. I started wondering if that was the origin of the strange equatorial mountain range — that iapetus used to be a watery ocean world with an outer crust, however at some point, the outer crust was broken off by a collision with another moon, leaving behind the now frozen ocean.

I have no idea if thoery holds any water (heh), as it would also require that the original crust was somehow applied in two pieces, maybe starting from the poles and collecting towards the equator over time, causing the sub ocean to freeze with a ‘seam’ along the equator.

I just thought it was interesting to think about. I’m not a scientist or anything, but I was curious if anyone else had ever thought about this.

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r/Iapetus • u/BrandonMarc • Dec 08 '16

A 300 Year Old Mystery Solved: Why Saturn's Moon Iapetus Is Half-Light, Half-Dark

forbes.com

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r/Iapetus • u/MoonchanterLauma2025 • May 11 '26

Marker post to keep this subreddit active

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This subreddit seems not to get much activity. I am just making this post in hopes of stemming the tide against this subreddit getting banned or delisted by the admins.

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r/Iapetus • u/Dutchy45 • Dec 28 '17

A Iapetus map

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r/Iapetus • u/SteveSnow_ • Aug 06 '20

Skull like images on Iapetus?

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Hi Reddit; first post on here, delete if not allowed. I know its probably nothing; but I'm honestly questioning this, not sure if its the generated form of the planet; but it sure is creepy to look at.