[meteorite-list] Cassini Buzzes Hyperion

[Ron Baalke]

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Cassini Buzzes Hyperion
Cassini Imaging Team
September 29, 2005

Cassini completed its recent double-header of flybys on September
26, with a spectacular 500 kilometer (310 mile) pass above the
oddly modified surface of Hyperion.

[Image] Sep 29, 2005: Odd World - This stunning false-color view of 
Hyperion reveals crisp details and differences in color across the 
strange, tumbling moon's surface that could represent differences 
in the composition of surface materials.

[Image] Sep 29, 2005: Hyperion's Unusual Craters - This high-
resolution Cassini mosaic shows that Hyperion truly has a surface 
different from any other in the Saturn system.

[Image] Sep 29, 2005: Flight to Hyperion - This movie sequence shows 
highlights of Cassini's September 26, 2005 flyby of the odd icy moon 
Hyperion (266 kilometers, 165 miles across).

[Image] Sep 29, 2005: Hyperion: Parting Glance  - As Cassini sped 
away from its close encounter with Hyperion on September 26, 2005, 
it took this parting shot of the battered moon's shadowy limb.