Hyperion

moon of Saturn
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Hyperion
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Hyperion

Summary

Hyperion is a moon of Saturn[1]. Hyperion ranks in the top 7% of moon_of_saturn entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (478 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hyperion is credited with the discovery of William Cranch Bond[3].
  • Hyperion is credited with the discovery of George Phillips Bond[4].
  • Hyperion is credited with the discovery of William Lassell[5].
  • Hyperion's image is recorded as Hyperion true.jpg[6].
  • Hyperion's instance of is recorded as moon of Saturn[7].
  • Hyperion's instance of is recorded as regular moon[8].
  • Hyperion is named after Hyperion[9].
  • Hyperion's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Hyperion symbol (fixed width).svg[10].
  • Hyperion's Commons category is recorded as Hyperion[11].
  • Hyperion's parent astronomical body is recorded as Saturn[12].
  • Hyperion's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1848-09-16T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Hyperion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/017z9f[14].
  • Hyperion's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hyperion (moon)[15].
  • Hyperion's spoken text audio is recorded as Hyperion (moon).ogg[16].
  • Hyperion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1230061'}[17].
  • Hyperion's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}[18].
  • Hyperion's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0032697[19].
  • Hyperion's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Hyperion's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Hyperion-astronomy[21].
  • Hyperion's topic has template is recorded as Template:GeoTemplate/hyperion[22].
  • Hyperion's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7031563[23].
  • Hyperion's different from is recorded as Hyperion[24].
  • Hyperion's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.43'}[25].
  • Hyperion's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14754979', 'amount': '+5.58'}[26].
  • Hyperion's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+135.00'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include William Cranch Bond[3], an astronomer[28], 1789–1859[29], of United States[30], awarded the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[31]; George Phillips Bond[4], an astronomer[32], 1825–1865[33], of United States[34], awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society[35]; and William Lassell[5], an astronomer[36], 1799–1880[37], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[38], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society[39], specialised in astronomy[40]. Things named for Hyperion include Hyperion Records[41], a record label[42], in United Kingdom[43], founded in 1980[44], headquartered in London[45] and Hyperion Nunataks[46], a nunatak[47].

Why It Matters

Hyperion ranks in the top 7% of moon_of_saturn entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (478 views/month).[2] Hyperion has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Hyperion is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Entities named for Hyperion include Hyperion Records[41], a record label[42], in United Kingdom[43], founded in 1980[44], headquartered in London[45] and Hyperion Nunataks[46], a nunatak[47].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . NASA FACTS. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [41] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [46] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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