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{{Planet
{{Planet
|image=Iapetus dark ridge.jpg
|image=Iapetus dark ridge.jpg
|caption=Iapetus, showing Cassini Regio and the equatorial ridge, taken by Cassini
|caption=Iapetus, showing Cassini Regio and the equatorial ridge, taken by [[Cassini-Huygens Mission|Cassini]]
|date=October 25, 1671<ref name=usgs>"[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/append7.html Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Planetary Body Names and Discoverers]." US Geological Survey, Jennifer Blue, ed. March 31, 2008. Accessed April 17, 2008.</ref>
|date=October 25, 1671<ref name=usgs>"[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/append7.html Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Planetary Body Names and Discoverers]." US Geological Survey, Jennifer Blue, ed. March 31, 2008. Accessed April 17, 2008.</ref>
|discname=Giovanni Domenico Cassini<ref name=usgs/><ref name=Hamilton>Hamilton, Calvin J. "[http://www.solarviews.com/eng/iapetus.htm Entry for Iapetus]." ''The Views of the Solar System'', 2004. Accessed June 16, 2008.</ref>
|discname=Giovanni Domenico Cassini<ref name=usgs/><ref name=Hamilton>Hamilton, Calvin J. "[http://www.solarviews.com/eng/iapetus.htm Entry for Iapetus]." ''The Views of the Solar System'', 2004. Accessed June 16, 2008.</ref>
[[Voyager 1]] and [[Voyager 2]] each made rendezvous with Iapetus and took photographs. Those photographs revealed the first details of the contrasting colors of Iapetus's leading and trailing hemispheres.
[[Voyager 1]] and [[Voyager 2]] each made rendezvous with Iapetus and took photographs. Those photographs revealed the first details of the contrasting colors of Iapetus's leading and trailing hemispheres.
The [[Cassini Huygens Mission]] Orbiter has made the closest rendezvous with Iapetus. Its camera first revealed the equatorial ridge, and its infrared sensors provided the first insights into the temperature on Iapetus.
The [[Cassini-Huygens Mission]] Orbiter has made the closest rendezvous with Iapetus. Its camera first revealed the equatorial ridge, and its infrared sensors provided the first insights into the temperature on Iapetus.
No further rendezvous are currently planned.
No further rendezvous are currently planned.