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Hyperion: Land of the Honeycomb

Gaze upon the insane face of Hyperion. This tiny, irregular moon of Saturn is covered in deep, sharp-edged craters that make it look like a giant angry space wasp nest. Some of these craters have names like Bahloo and Jarilo.

Scientists think Hyperion is a loose rubble pile held together by gravity. It has a fairly low density, suggesting that it's composed mostly of water ice with a bit of rock thrown in for good measure. Hyperion rates as the moon most likely to be a good exfoliator if you printed a tiny model of it and kept it in your shower.

NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute


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