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Saturn's Moon Hyperion Poster
by solarviewsSaturn's Moon Hyperion is one of the most unusual looking in the solar system.
Saturn's impact-pummeled moon Hyperion stares back at the Cassini
spacecraft in this six-image mosaic, taken during the spacecraft's close
approach on Sept. 26, 2005.
<p>
This up-close view shows a low-density body blasted by impacts over eons.
Scientists believe that the spongy appearance of Hyperion is caused by a
phenomenon called thermal erosion, in which dark materials accumulating
on crater floors are warmed by sunlight and melt deeper into the surface,
allowing surrounding ice to vaporize away. At 280 kilometers, (174 miles)
across, Hyperion's impact-shaped morphology makes it the largest known
irregularly-shaped moon in the solar system.
<p>
Six, clear-filter images were combined to create this mosaic. Images were
taken by the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera at a mean distance of
about 33,000 kilometers (20,500 miles) from Hyperion and at a
Sun-Hyperion-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 51 degrees. Image scale is
197 meters (646 feet) per pixel.
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Saturn's impact-pummeled moon Hyperion stares back at the Cassini
spacecraft in this six-image mosaic, taken during the spacecraft's close
approach on Sept. 26, 2005.
<p>
This up-close view shows a low-density body blasted by impacts over eons.
Scientists believe that the spongy appearance of Hyperion is caused by a
phenomenon called thermal erosion, in which dark materials accumulating
on crater floors are warmed by sunlight and melt deeper into the surface,
allowing surrounding ice to vaporize away. At 280 kilometers, (174 miles)
across, Hyperion's impact-shaped morphology makes it the largest known
irregularly-shaped moon in the solar system.
<p>
Six, clear-filter images were combined to create this mosaic. Images were
taken by the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera at a mean distance of
about 33,000 kilometers (20,500 miles) from Hyperion and at a
Sun-Hyperion-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 51 degrees. Image scale is
197 meters (646 feet) per pixel.
created by
solarviews (12/6/2005 5:16 PM)
Saturn's impact-pummeled moon Hyperion stares back at the Cassini
spacecraft in this six-image mosaic, taken during the spacecraft's close
approach on Sept. 26, 2005.
<p>
This up-close view shows a low-density body blasted by impacts over eons.
Scientists believe that the spongy appearance of Hyperion is caused by a
phenomenon called thermal erosion, in which dark materials accumulating
on crater floors are warmed by sunlight and melt deeper into the surface,
allowing surrounding ice to vaporize away. At 280 kilometers, (174 miles)
across, Hyperion's impact-shaped morphology makes it the largest known
irregularly-shaped moon in the solar system.
<p>
Six, clear-filter images were combined to create this mosaic. Images were
taken by the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera at a mean distance of
about 33,000 kilometers (20,500 miles) from Hyperion and at a
Sun-Hyperion-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 51 degrees. Image scale is
197 meters (646 feet) per pixel.
created by
solarviews (12/6/2005 5:16 PM)
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