Why Is There a Giant Ridge Around Iapetus? 🧱🌕 – A Moon With Its Own Equator Wall #space #universe

As if Iapetus wasn’t weird enough with its two-tone face, it also has a massive equatorial ridge — a mountain range that wraps almost perfectly around its middle like a cosmic belt. Some peaks in this ridge are 20 km high, taller than Mount Everest! But how did it get there?

There are a few theories: one suggests the ridge is the remains of a collapsed ring system that fell onto the moon’s equator. Another proposes internal forces pushed the crust outward early in Iapetus’ history. Whatever the cause, it's unique — no other moon has anything quite like it.

In this short, we explore the wildest ideas behind Iapetus' bizarre belly band, what it tells us about the moon's past, and why it's one of the solar system's most mind-bending features.

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