Voyager 2 obtained this closeup view of Saturn's
satellite Hyperion on Aug. 24 from a distance of about 500,000
kilometers (300,000 miles). This photograph was compiled from
three separate images taken through violet, clear and green filters.
It shows Hyperion to be an irregular, disc-shaped body. Its longest
dimension is 360 km. (225 mi.), but in this view, it presents
a face measuring 325 km. by 250 km. (200 mi. by 150 mi.). The
irregular shape is probably a result of repeated impacts that
have taken off large pieces of the satellite. The large indentation
at the bottom limb is one such crater; it is about 100 km. (60
mi.) across. The numerous small pits are impact craters, the smallest
measuring about 10-20 km. (6-12 mi.) across. The Voyager project
is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena,
Calif. (P-23936)
