Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Dorsa  





2 Craters  





3 References  





4 External links  














List of geological features on Hyperion







Polski
Română
Русский


 

Edit links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Surface of Hyperion with several craters full of a mysterious reddish gunk. The material contains long chains of carbon and hydrogen and appears very similar to material found on other Saturnian satellites, most notably Iapetus.[1]

This is a list of named geological featuresonHyperion, a moon of Saturn.

Dorsa[edit]

Bond-Lassell Dorsum on Hyperion (Cassini 2007)

There is one named dorsum (ridge) on Hyperion.

Dorsum Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval Date Named After Refs
Bond-Lassell Dorsum 48°00′N 143°30′W / 48°N 143.5°W / 48; -143.5 (Bond-Lassell) 0 1982 George Phillips Bond, William Cranch Bond and William Lassell WGPSN

Craters[edit]

This is a list of cratersonHyperion. Hyperionian craters are named after sun and moon gods in various mythologies.

Crater Coordinates Diameter
(km)
Approval
Year
Eponym Ref
Bahloo 36°N 164°E / 36°N 164°E / 36; 164 (Bahloo) n.a. 1982 Bahloo. The Moon; maker of girl babies (Aboriginal mythology) WGPSN
Helios 71°N 132°W / 71°N 132°W / 71; -132 (Helios) n.a. 1982 Helios. Greek sun god; son of Hyperion (Greek mythology) WGPSN
Jarilo 61°N 177°E / 61°N 177°E / 61; 177 (Jarilo) n.a. 1982 Jarilo, East Slavic god of the sun fertility and love (Slavic mythology) WGPSN
Meri 3°N 171°W / 3°N 171°W / 3; -171 (Meri) n.a. 1982 Meri, folk hero; the Sun (Bororó people) WGPSN

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Key to Giant Space Sponge Revealed” Space.com / Yahoo News, Jul. 4 2007, archived copy.

External links[edit]


Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_geological_features_on_Hyperion&oldid=1220923223"

Categories: 
Hyperion (moon)
Surface features of Saturn's moons
Hidden categories: 
Articles with short description
Short description is different from Wikidata
Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas
 



This page was last edited on 26 April 2024, at 19:10 (UTC).

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



Privacy policy

About Wikipedia

Disclaimers

Contact Wikipedia

Code of Conduct

Developers

Statistics

Cookie statement

Mobile view



Wikimedia Foundation
Powered by MediaWiki