Giovanni Cassini (1625-1712) was the first to observe four of Saturn’s moons, including Iapetus.
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Iapetus
//aɪˈæpɪtəs//
Synonyms for "iapetus" (3 found)
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Related words (1)
Proper Noun(1 words)
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4 entriesetymologically related_to
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4 entriesis a
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10 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 18 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Ἰαπετός name (the Titan)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 土衛八 /土卫八 name (the moon of Saturn)
Danish
1 entries- Iapetus name (the Titan)
Estonian
1 entries- Iapetos name (the Titan)
Finnish
2 entries- Iapetos name (the Titan)
- Japetus name (the moon of Saturn)
French
2 entries- Japet name (the Titan)
- Japet name (the moon of Saturn)
German
4 entries- Iapetos name (the Titan)
- Iapetus name (the moon of Saturn)
- Japetos name (the Titan)
- Japetus name (the Titan)
Greek
2 entries- Ιαπετός name (the Titan)
- Ιαπετός name (the moon of Saturn)
Greenlandic
1 entries- Japetusi name (the Titan)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᐃᐊᐲᑐᔅ name (the Titan)
Italian
1 entries- Giapeto name (the moon of Saturn)
Japanese
2 entries- イアペトゥス name (the moon of Saturn)
- イーアペトス name (the Titan)
Korean
2 entries- 이아페토스 name (the Titan)
- 이아페투스 name (the moon of Saturn)
Latin
1 entries- Japetus name (the Titan)
Polish
1 entries- Japet name (the moon of Saturn)
Portuguese
3 entries- Iápeto name (the Titan)
- Jápeto name (the Titan)
- Jápeto name (the moon of Saturn)
Russian
2 entries- Я́пет name (the Titan)
- Я́пет name (the moon of Saturn)
Spanish
2 entries- Jápeto name (the Titan)
- Jápeto name (the moon of Saturn)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Prometheus was the son of Iapetus and Clymene.
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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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