lapetus (S8) is unique in our solar system in that the albedo of its leading hemisphere is only 0.05 while that of the trailing side is 0.5. Several existing hypotheses are examined and found inadequate.Photometric studies of the dark side are compared to comet nuclei and class D asteroids.
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