The Sky Today on Thursday, October 22: Iapetus at superior conjunction
Astronomy enthusiasts can observe Saturn's moon Iapetus this week as it reaches superior conjunction. The moon is visible through a telescope, appearing near Saturn alongside other moons like Titan, Rhea, and Dione.
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Saturn’s strange, two-faced moon Iapetus orbits on a wide path that it takes nearly 80 days to complete. During that time, it slowly rotates in synchrony with its orbit, brightening and fading by up to two magnitudes, depending on which hemisphere is facing Earth.
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