I have done some research my self asnd it has some weird shadows and looks like the death star. What do you all think?
2007-03-24 13:39:30 · 3 answers · asked by amstel_light_56 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Iapetus' leading hemisphere is dark with a touch of redness to it, and the trailing hemisphere is much brighter.
So far, no explanations of why.
The dark surface might be material that was either swept up from space or oozed from the moon's interior. Or it might be a thin layer of organic material similar to that found in some meteorites. But there are no bright rimed craters present on the dark hemisphere, so if the dark material is thin, it must be constantly renewed since a meteor impact would punch through the layer to reveal brighter surface material.
2007-03-24 13:58:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
MIMAS is the one that looks like the Death Star... an old, beat up death star that's been through many a planet annihilation...
Lots of strange, organically-related chemical phenomena going on around in the outer half... The theory is that something smashed into Phoebe and/or Hyperion and that the remnants are swept up by Iapetus, or internal volcanism and chemical reactions...
2007-03-24 21:07:15 · answer #2 · answered by stargazergurl22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IO is my personal fav.
2007-03-24 20:42:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋