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Q: Hyperion is the name of one of the moons of.....
  • A. Uranus
  • B. Saturn
  • C. Jupiter
  • D. Venus
Correct Answer: Option B - Hyperion – one of Saturn's satellites. It is the largest non-spherical moon among more than 200 moons that are in the solar system. Hyperion was discovered in September 1848, both by English astronomer William Lassell and American astronomers, father-son duo William Cranch Bond and George Phillips Bond, independently of the other. It is a potato-shaped satellite, Hyperion differs from most others in that it isn't spherical. Saturn takes 29 years, 5 months to complete one orbit around the sun, one spin on axis - 10 hours 40 minutes. Saturn has 82 moons.
B. Hyperion – one of Saturn's satellites. It is the largest non-spherical moon among more than 200 moons that are in the solar system. Hyperion was discovered in September 1848, both by English astronomer William Lassell and American astronomers, father-son duo William Cranch Bond and George Phillips Bond, independently of the other. It is a potato-shaped satellite, Hyperion differs from most others in that it isn't spherical. Saturn takes 29 years, 5 months to complete one orbit around the sun, one spin on axis - 10 hours 40 minutes. Saturn has 82 moons.

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Hyperion – one of Saturn's satellites. It is the largest non-spherical moon among more than 200 moons that are in the solar system. Hyperion was discovered in September 1848, both by English astronomer William Lassell and American astronomers, father-son duo William Cranch Bond and George Phillips Bond, independently of the other. It is a potato-shaped satellite, Hyperion differs from most others in that it isn't spherical. Saturn takes 29 years, 5 months to complete one orbit around the sun, one spin on axis - 10 hours 40 minutes. Saturn has 82 moons.