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Look up: Iapetus

  1. Iapetus
    a Titan, son of Gaia and Uranus; father of Atlas, Epimetheus, and Prometheus by his sister Clymene, though other myths maintain that he married Asia or Asopis; helped Zeus overthrow Cronus.
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  2. Iapetus
    [n] - (Greek mythology) the Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology
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  3. Iapetus
    Satellite of the planet Saturn. See TABLE 8. SATURN - SATELLITE DATA
    Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom

  4. Iapetus
    outermost of Saturn`s major regular moons, extraordinary because of its great contrast in surface brightness. It was discovered by the Italian-born ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/1

  5. Iapetus
    Iapetus (īăp'itus) , in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn VIII (or S8), Iapetus is 907 mi (1460 km) in diameter, orbits Saturn at a mean distance of 2,212,885 mi (3,561,300 km), and has equal orbital and rotational periods of 79...
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  6. Iapetus
    Iapetus, in Greek mythology, a Titan. By the nymph Clymene he fathered Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.
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  7. Iapetus
    Iapetus is the eighth satellite of Saturn. It has a period of seventy-nine days, and an orbital radius of 2, 225, 000 miles. Like the earth's moon, it always turns the same face towards its primary.
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  8. Iapetus
    In Greek mythology, Iapetus was one of the Titans. He was a son of Uranus and Gaea, and brother of Cronos, Oceanus, Hyperion &c. He was the father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Moenoetius. After the war of the Titans against the gods he was imprisoned by Zeus in Tartarus
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  9. Iapetus
    (mythology) In Ἰαπετός-->), was a Titan (mythology)|Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father (by an Oceanid named Clymene or Asia) of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius and through Prometheus, Epimetheus and Atlas an ancestor of the human race. He was ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iapetus

  10. Iapetus
    (moon) --> is the third-largest natural satellite|moon of Saturn, and eleventh in the solar system. It was discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1671. Iapetus is best known for its dramatic `two-tone` coloration, but recent discoveries by the Cassini mission have revealed several ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iapetus



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13 February 2012

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The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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