Talk:Iapetus (moon)
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Usonian pronunciation eye-ap'-a-tus, British jap'-a-tus. Adjectival form Iapetian, Japetian, stress on the e: eye'-a-pee'-shun, ja-pee'-tee-un.
I notice that this article bears a clear relationship to this website: http://www.solarviews.com/eng/iapetus.htm
Not sure if permission was given, or what the situation is. If not, then the page needs to be rewritten. If so, the permission or explanation should be given here on the talk page.
--Chinasaur 06:25, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- I've just given the text a thorough reworking, but since I used only the questionable text itself as a source I'm still a little wary of the similarity. I'll go hunt for some new material to add in and hopefully diverge this article even farther. Bryan 07:39, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- There. What do you think? Bryan 08:02, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)
2001
-- I just read ACC's 2001, and as I recall, it described a white ellipse, like an eye, centered on the moon's equator and aligned towards the poles, with the monolith exactly in the centre. I don't remember anything about this "white circle in a black circle" business. It can't come from the movie either, because Discovery only went to Jupiter in the movie. Thoughts?? ryan 13:57, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- You could be right, I based that comment on foggy memories of 2001 and some later comments by Clarke. The essence of what I wrote is true, but I may have misremembered the details. If anyone has a copy of 2001 to hand, please correct my work! The Singing Badger 14:43, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
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It's actually on the surface of Iapetus in the book, in the center of the white region, like the pupil of an eye. Bowman actually goes down to the surface with one of Discovery's pods, reasoning (correctly) that the surface gravity of the moon is low enough that he could return to the ship orbiting the moon using the weak navigational thrusters on the pod. Of course, he never does come back... Cakedamber
- Just read your remarks and checked the book. I don't know how I could have missed it -- guess the sequence from the movie influenced my perception. There is no actual line in the book saying that the second monolith "stood on the surface." However, in chapter 38, while making his request to go EVA, Bowman says: "If it appears safe, I'll land beside it -- or even on top of it." He could land beside it only if ot was on the moon's surface. So you're right on this one.
- BTW -- Why isn't this discussion in the 2001: A Space Odyssey (novel) page?
- It's in reply to a trivia fact about Iapetus. --Patteroast 10:14, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)