Hyperion
moon of Saturn
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Summary
Hyperion is a moon of Saturn[1]. Hyperion ranks in the top 7% of moon of saturn entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,229 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: William Cranch Bond[3], George Phillips Bond[4], William Lassell[5]
- Instance of: regular moon[6]
- Named after: Hyperion[7]
- Commons category: Hyperion[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Saturn[9]
- Time of discovery or invention: September 16, 1848[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hyperion (moon)[11]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.1230061[12]
- Apparent magnitude: 14.1[13]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14]
- Topic has template: Template:GeoTemplate/hyperion[15]
- Different from: Hyperion[16]
- Orbital inclination: 0.43 degree[17]
- Mass: 5.58 zettagram[18]
- Radius: 135.00 km[19]
- Orbital period: 21.276 day[20]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 1,500,934 km[21]
- Albedo: 0.3[22]
Body
Influence
Things named for Hyperion include Hyperion Records[23], a record label[24], in United Kingdom[25], founded in 1980[26], headquartered in London[27] and Hyperion Nunataks[28], a nunatak[29].
Why It Matters
Hyperion has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Hyperion is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]
Entities named for Hyperion include Hyperion Records[23], a record label[24], in United Kingdom[25], founded in 1980[26], headquartered in London[27] and Hyperion Nunataks[28], a nunatak[29].