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Original
Reason
Resolution, value and unanimous support at COM:FPC.
Proposed caption
False-color mosaic shows the entire hemisphere of Iapetus (1,468 kilometers, or 912 miles across) visible from Cassini on the outbound leg of its encounter with the two-toned moon in Sept. 2007. The central longitude of the trailing hemisphere is 24 degrees to the left of the mosaic's center. It is hypothesised that the moon's two-toned nature is due to the sublimation of various ices evaporated from the other hemisphere, which faces the sun.
Articles this image appears in
Iapetus (moon)
Creator
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Promoted Image:PIA08384.JPG --Jeff Dahl (Talkcontribs) 04:53, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]