| 词条 | Roncevaux Terra |
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Roncevaux Terra is the name given to the northern part of the highly reflective side of Saturn's moon Iapetus. The southern half of this side is named Saragossa Terra.[1] The other half of Iapetus, named Cassini Regio, is extremely dark. It is believed that Roncevaux Terra's colour is the underlying colour of Iapetus, while Cassini Regio was formed either by a substance that has covered up the brighter ice of the rest of the moon, or by a residue left from the sublimation of Roncevaux-type water ice. For more details, see the main article on Iapetus. Roncevaux Terra is named after the Battle of Roncevaux Pass, subject of the French poem the Chanson de Roland, after whose characters the surface features of Iapetus are named.[2] "Terra" is a term used in planetary geology to refer to extensive landmasses. References1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia11690.html|title=NASA - Global View of Iapetus' Dichotomy|website=www.nasa.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-06-10}} 2. ^{{Cite book|title=Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy|last=Moore|first=Patrick|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0-521-89935-2|location=|pages=220}} External links
1 : Surface features of Iapetus (moon) |
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