NASA On Air: NASA's New Images Of Saturn's Icy Moon Hyperion (6/4/2015)
1. The irregular craggy moon Hyperion is about 170 miles across and is probably half water ice.
2. The sponge-like appearance is thought to be due, in part, to impacts from meteors, which compress the icy surface.
TAG: This October Cassini will fly within 30 miles of another Saturn moon, Enceladus (enˈselədəs), to study its icy plumes.
For More Information
See the following sources:
* [http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140804.html](http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140804.html)
* [http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/faq/FAQRawImages/](http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/faq/FAQRawImages/)
* [https://www.facebook.com/NASACassini](https://www.facebook.com/NASACassini)
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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This page was originally published on Thursday, June 4, 2015.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:49 PM EDT.