Hyperion

Saturn IV

Hyperion Statistics
 Discovered by William Cranch Bond 
 Date of discovery 1848 
 Mass (kg) 1.77e+19 
 Mass (Earth = 1) 2.9618e-06 
 Radius (km) 205x130x110 
 Radius (Earth = 1) 3.2142e-02 
 Mean density (gm/cm^3) 1.4 
 Mean distance from Saturn (km) 1,481,000 
 Rotational period (days) chaotic 
 Orbital period (days) 21.27661 
 Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) 5.07 
 Orbital eccentricity 0.1042 
 Orbital inclination (degrees) 0.43 
 Escape velocity (km/sec) 0.107 
 Visual geometric albedo 0.3 
 Magnitude (Vo) 14.19 

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