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Peter Bruener — 1/8/2005 2:54:03 AM (archived)

Since the feature is only on the trailing hemisphere, could it be a sort of extreme pressure ridge caused by ice “creep”?
Iapetus rotates synchronously, (same side always facing Saturn) maybe tidal forces on the Saturn side could somehow drive the “creep” on the far side?

Rampant speculation by a very unqualified observer.

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Iapetus, what kind of world is it???? - Raoul - 1/7/2005 10:13:25 PM
- Do they know for sure how far around the equator that ridge goes? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2005 11:09:15 PM
  - re: There's a large part of unknown (shadow) (n/t) - Raoul - 1/8/2005 11:15:32 PM
- Figure/ground illusion - Fox - 1/8/2005 12:50:12 AM
- Massive mountains, dark streaks, a giant landslide and Saturn shine - SteveS - 1/8/2005 12:06:31 AM
- What the...?!? - Nathan Koren - 1/7/2005 11:36:36 PM
  - Obviously the moon was created by injection molding. - alcaray - 1/8/2005 7:54:15 PM
    - Oops, you said that below. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/8/2005 7:55:16 PM
  - It could be a glitch in the Matrix - LJK - 1/8/2005 5:35:12 PM
  - re: What the...?!? - Nick Hoffman - 1/8/2005 2:45:32 PM
    - Best explanation so far (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 1/8/2005 6:28:32 PM
    - Accompanied by geysers in its formative years? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/8/2005 3:27:25 PM
- re: It looks like.....a nut! - Raoul - 1/7/2005 10:21:39 PM
  - It may look like a walnut . . . - Fox - 1/10/2005 2:06:50 AM
  - There must be a simple explanation... - Scott Evil - 1/7/2005 10:43:41 PM
    - re: There must be a simple explanation... - Peter Bruener - 1/8/2005 2:54:03 AM
      - ...nope... - Peter Bruener - 1/8/2005 3:07:14 AM
    - Yeah. It's a wall. - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2005 12:20:55 AM
      - re: Looks more like a casting seam to me... - Nathan Koren - 1/8/2005 3:43:13 AM
        
        LOL, DAMN YOU!!!! - R.L. - 1/8/2005 3:48:47 AM
        
        re: LOL, DAMN YOU!!!! - Nathan Koren - 1/8/2005 6:22:53 AM
        
        CALLING ALL PLANETOLIGISTS!!!! (Robert the all caps in this thread were intentional) - R.L. - 1/8/2005 7:22:28 AM
        
        re: CALLING ALL PLANETOLIGISTS!!!! (Robert the all caps in this thread were intentional) - Marcia - 1/9/2005 3:35:42 AM
        
        Pure speculation: - jms - 1/8/2005 3:50:45 PM
        
        Formation and location - Nick Hoffman - 1/8/2005 9:21:54 AM
        
        re:Beats Me (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 1/8/2005 9:06:18 AM
    - re: There must be a simple explanation... - Pierre Arpin - 1/8/2005 12:18:54 AM

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