Moon
An irregularly shaped, sponge-like moon of Saturn that tumbles chaotically rather than rotating predictably.
| Type | Moon |
|---|---|
| Orbits | Saturn |
| Distance from parent body | 1,481,000 km |
| Diameter | 270 km |
| Mass | 5.60 × 10^18 kg |
| Surface gravity | 0.0203 m/s² |
| Temperature | -180°C |
| Orbital period | 21 days |
| Rotation period | 312 hours |
| Apparent magnitude | 14.4 |
| Redshift | 0 |
| Discovered | 1848 |
At 270 km across, Hyperion is 7.8 percent of the diameter of Earth's Moon.
Its mass is less than a thousandth of the mass of Earth.
It orbits Saturn at 1,481,000 km, further out than the Moon orbits Earth.
A single orbit takes 21.3 days.
An average temperature of 93 K works out at -180 degrees Celsius, colder than the 15 degrees Earth averages.
It has been on record since 1848.
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