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Updated June 30, 2015
  Wonder of the World - Hyperion Saturn moon

Image: The low density indicates that Hyperion is composed primarily of ice with a small amount of rock. Hyperion's rotation is chaotic, its axis of rotation varies so much that its orientation in space is impossible to predict. Hyperion is unique in its shape wasp nest, and riddled surface of strange craters could conceal a vast network of caves.

           
           

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