List of geological features on Hyperion

File:Hyperion surface.jpg

Surface of Hyperion with several craters full of a mysterious reddish gunk. The material contains long chains of carbon and hydrogen and appears very similar to material found on other Saturnian satellites, most notably Iapetus.

This is a list of named geological features on Hyperion, a moon of Saturn.

Dorsa

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Bond-Lassell Dorsum on Hyperion (Cassini 2007)

There is one named dorsum (ridge) on Hyperion.

Dorsum	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Date	Named After	Refs
Bond-Lassell Dorsum	Template:Coord	0	1982	George Phillips Bond, William Cranch Bond and William Lassell	Template:WGPSN

Craters

This is a list of craters on Hyperion. Hyperionian craters are named after sun and moon gods in various mythologies.

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Bahloo	Template:Coord	n.a.	1982	Bahloo. The Moon; maker of girl babies (Aboriginal mythology)	Template:WGPSN
Helios	Template:Coord	n.a.	1982	Helios. Greek sun god; son of Hyperion (Greek mythology)	Template:WGPSN
Jarilo	Template:Coord	n.a.	1982	Jarilo, East Slavic god of the sun fertility and love (Slavic mythology)	Template:WGPSN
Meri	Template:Coord	n.a.	1982	Meri, folk hero; the Sun (Bororó people)	Template:WGPSN

External links

• USGS: Hyperion nomenclature