right|thumb|250px|Map of Hyperion, with all named surface features labeled.

This is a list of named geological features on Hyperion, a moon of Saturn.

Craters

right|thumb|250px|Surface of [[Hyperion (moon)|Hyperion with several craters full of a mysterious reddish gunk. The material contains long chains of carbon and hydrogen and appears very similar to material found on other Saturnian satellites, most notably Iapetus.]]

This is a list of craters on Hyperion. Hyperionian craters are named after sun and moon gods in various mythologies.

{| class="wikitable" style="min-width: 90%"

! style="width:10em" | Crater !! style="width:10em" | Coordinates !! Diameter<br />(km) !! Approval<br />Year !! Eponym !! Ref

|-id="Bahloo"

| Bahloo || || align=right | n.a. || align=center | 1982 || Bahloo. The Moon; maker of girl babies (Aboriginal mythology) ||

|-id="Helios"

| Helios || || align=right | n.a. || align=center | 1982 || Helios. Greek sun god; son of Hyperion (Greek mythology)||

|-id="Jarilo"

| Jarilo|| || align=right | n.a. || align=center | 1982 || Jarilo, East Slavic god of the sun fertility and love (Slavic mythology)||

|-id="Meri"

| Meri || || align=right | n.a. || align=center | 1982 || Meri, folk hero; the Sun (Bororó people) ||

|}

Dorsa

right|thumb|250px|Bond-Lassell Dorsum on Hyperion ([[Cassini-Huygens|Cassini 2007)]]

There is one named dorsum (ridge) on Hyperion.

{| class="wikitable"

! style="width:10em" | Dorsum !! Coordinates !! Diameter (km) !! Approval Date !! Named After !! Refs

|-

| Bond-Lassell Dorsum || || 0 || 1982 || George Phillips Bond, William Cranch Bond and William Lassell ||

|}

References

  • USGS: Hyperion nomenclature