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Saturn's Moon Iapetus Has A 'Belt'

Posted by timothy on Sunday January 9, 2005 @08:49PM from the it's-a-peach dept.

Believe writes "In another unexpected find by Cassini-Huygens, Saturn's moon Iapetus shows a bulging waistline. According to the story, the dark side of the moon is almost perfectly bisected by a tall, narrow ridge that runs for 1300 km (808 mi) and rises up to 20 km (12 mi) high. This height is amazing in such a small moon; it rivals Olympus Mons on Mars which is a body 5 times its size."

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Re:It's all about justification by MerryGoByeBye · 2005-01-09 21:29 · Score: -1, Flamebait

How is the above 'offtopic', you adolescent pimpleheads? Mod me down if you want to perpetuate your (lack of) politics, but at least have the presence of mind to come up with a better choice out of the combobox than that.

Fucking retards.