Iapetus

//aɪˈæpɪtəs//

"Iapetus" in a Sentence (3 examples)

Giovanni Cassini (1625-1712) was the first to observe four of Saturn’s moons, including Iapetus.

Prometheus was the son of Iapetus and Clymene.

So, in the early Ordovician, Iapetus was wide enough to have one side in high latitudes and the other in the tropics: a massive ocean, indeed.

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