The Iapetus' case: NUV as tracer of two populations of dark material
Giant planets have numerous moons with various origins and evolutionary paths. During their formation, they had disks of material, whereas regular satellites formed similarly to planetesimals in the solar disk. During their migration, they also captured objects in their orbits, known as irregular satellites. Iapetus is Saturn's third largest and
Tinaut-Ruano, Fernando et al.
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