ALL meanings of iapetus
I·ap·e·tus
I i - noun iapetus A satellite of Saturn, the seventeenth closest to the planet, having one bright icy side and one very dark side, discovered by Cassini in 1671 (diameter 1,440 km). 1
- noun iapetus Classical Mythology. a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea. 1
- noun iapetus Astronomy. a natural satellite of the planet Saturn. 1
- noun iapetus a large outer satellite of the planet Saturn 0
- noun iapetus a satellite of Saturn having an extreme contrast of low and high reflectiveness on its leading and trailing sides 0