WebHyperion / h aɪ ˈ p ɪər i ə n /, also known as Saturn VII, is a moon of Saturn discovered by William Cranch Bond, his son George Phillips Bond and William Lassell in 1848. It is distinguished by its irregular shape, its chaotic rotation, and its unexplained sponge-like appearance. It was the first non-round moon to be discovered.

WebGreek mythology. Hyperion (Titan), one of the twelve Titans Hyperion, a byname of the Sun, Helios; Hyperion of Troy or Yperion, son of King Priam; Science. Hyperion (moon), a moon of the planet Saturn Hyperion, a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae; Hyperion (tree), a coast redwood in Northern California and the world's tallest known living tree …

WebEuropa / j ʊ ˈ r oʊ p ə / (), or Jupiter II, is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, and the sixth-closest to the planet of all the 80 known moons of Jupiter.It is also the sixth-largest moon in the Solar System.Europa was discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei and was named after Europa, the Phoenician mother of King Minos of Crete and lover of …

WebIt takes the Moon about 29.53 days (29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes) to complete the cycle, from big and bright to small and dim and back to big and bright. The phase when the Moon passes between the Earth and Sun is called the new moon. The next phase of the moon is called the "waxing crescent", followed by the "first quarter", "waxing gibbous ...

WebMethone was first discovered by the Cassini Imaging Team and given the temporary designation S/2004 S 1.Methone is also named Saturn XXXII (32). The Cassini spacecraft made two visits to Methone, and its closest approach was made on May 20, 2012 with a minimum distance of 1,900 km (1,181 mi) from it.. The name Methone was approved by …

WebPandora is an inner satellite of Saturn.It was discovered in 1980 from photos taken by the Voyager 1 probe, and was provisionally designated S/1980 S 26. In late 1985 it was officially named after Pandora from Greek mythology. It is also designated Saturn XVII.. Pandora was thought to be an outer shepherd satellite of the F Ring.However, recent studies indicate …

WebSaturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter.It is a gas giant with an average radius of about nine and a half times that of Earth. It has only one-eighth the average density of Earth; however, with its larger volume, Saturn is over 95 times more massive. Saturn's interior is most likely composed of a core of …

WebMiranda, also designated Uranus V, is the smallest and innermost of Uranus's five round satellites.It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on 16 February 1948 at McDonald Observatory in Texas, and named after Miranda from William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Like the other large moons of Uranus, Miranda orbits close to its planet's equatorial plane.. …

WebHyperion: Daughters of the Moon is a novel series by Lynne Ewing. It is about four fictional girls, later five, who are mortal goddesses and fight an ancient evil called The Atrox. They each have different powers, destinies, and dark sides. They all wear moon amulets. When they turn 17, they have to make a choice.

WebTitan is the largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest natural satellite in the Solar System.It is the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere, and is the only known object in space other than Earth on which clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid has been found.. Titan is one of the seven gravitationally rounded moons in orbit around …