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Hyperion Hyperion, moon of Saturn. This photograph was compiled from three images taken through violet, clear, and green filters by Voyager 2 from a distance of about 500,000 km (310,000 miles). Hyperion is a moon of Saturn. Unlike most moons in the solar system, Hyperion is not spherical (ball-shaped). Instead it is shaped something like a thick hamburger patty. Hyperion may be made of ice.
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  • Bonnie Buratti
    Senior Research Scientist, Principal Scientist and Supervisor: Comets, Asteroids, and Satellites Group, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: The Nine Planets - Phobos. Jun 06, 2023
Add new Web site: Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences - Hyperion. Sep 07, 2016
Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - "Hyperion". Mar 06, 2014
Information about similarity of surface material to that of darker areas of Iapetus and collection of dark material inside craters added. Jan 24, 2011
Media revised. Mar 26, 2008
Added new Web site: The Nine Planets - Phobos. Jun 08, 2006
Article revised and updated. May 11, 2006
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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