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(Or: The Desperate Hunt for a Solution of One Mystery, With the Outcome of En in! up "ith Two#
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6 Intro uction 6 The hemispheric +ri!htness ichotomy mystery an its 'arious solution attempts in earlier centuries 6 The ,assini ISS (ima!in!# plannin! effort 6 ,assini arri'es at Saturn 6 ,assini senses Iapetus at close 7uarters 6 The secon mystery
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1D -symmetric eBo!enic influence remo'es thin ice 'eneer from lea in! si e, +ut not from trailin! si e an poles
(a) Viewpoint of orbit mechanics: (a1# ,ircumsaturnian ust is the cause (from /hoe+e or other outer Saturnian satellites# (,rui$shan$ et al. 15E8C )ell et al. 15E3C )uratti an Mosher 1553# (a1# Interplanetary micrometeoroi fluB is the cause (,oo$ an %ran$lin 15?2C S7uyres an Sa!an 15E8C Wilson an Sa!an 155;# (b) Viewpoint of physical processes on the surface: (+1# EBposin! of the ar$ su+surface layer +y +ri!ht material erosion (,oo$ an %ran$lin 15?2C Wilson an Sa!an 155;# (+1# enrichment of formerly intimately miBe ar$ material ue to su+limation of the +ri!ht ice component (,rui$shan$ et al. 15E8C )ell et al. 15E3C )uratti an Mosher 1553# (+8# synthesis of the ar$ material +y chemical@irra iation processes ma e possi+le +y +ri!ht icy material erosion (S7uyres an Sa!an 15E8#
(a# from collision "ith re ish Hyperion (Matthe"s 1551, Marchi et al. 1221# (+# from collision "ith Iapetus itself (Ta+a$ an Roun! 15E5# (c# from collision of an outer saturnian satellite "ith a heliocentric o+Qect "ith the result of a retro!ra e e+ris clou crossin! IapetusSs or+it (Den$ an :eu$um 1222# ( # material comes from Titan (O"en et al. 1221#
=D En o!enic ori!in: Dar$ material from interior (Smith et al. 15E1, 15E1#
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