Hyperion’s History

Hyperion
Hyperion

On September 26th, Cassini successfully performed its closest flybys of Saturn’s moons Tethys and Hyperion. Hyperion (seen below in false color) is a strange, spongy-looking body with dark-floored craters that speckle its surface. The image of Hyperion evoked the same surprised reaction felt when electron microscopes began to reveal in detail the delicate structures of…