Hyperion

moon of Saturn
Thing moon_of_saturn Q15037
Hyperion
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Hyperion

Summary

Hyperion is a moon of Saturn[1]. Hyperion ranks in the top 7% of moon_of_saturn entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hyperion is credited with the discovery of William Cranch Bond[3].
  • Hyperion is credited with the discovery of George Phillips Bond[4].
  • Hyperion is credited with the discovery of William Lassell[5].
  • Hyperion's instance of is recorded as moon of Saturn[6].
  • Hyperion's instance of is recorded as regular moon[7].
  • Hyperion is named after Hyperion[8].
  • Hyperion's Commons category is recorded as Hyperion[9].
  • Hyperion's parent astronomical body is recorded as Saturn[10].
  • Hyperion's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 16, 1848[11].
  • Hyperion's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hyperion (moon)[12].
  • Hyperion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1230061'}[13].
  • Hyperion's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}[14].
  • Hyperion's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Hyperion's topic has template is recorded as Template:GeoTemplate/hyperion[16].
  • Hyperion's different from is recorded as Hyperion[17].
  • Hyperion's orbital inclination is recorded as {'amount': '+0.43'}[18].
  • Hyperion's mass is recorded as {'amount': '+5.58'}[19].
  • Hyperion's radius is recorded as {'amount': '+135.00'}[20].
  • Hyperion's orbital period is recorded as {'amount': '+21.276'}[21].
  • Hyperion's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'amount': '+1500934'}[22].
  • Hyperion's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3'}[23].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include moon of Saturn[6] and regular moon[7].

Origins

Hyperion is named after Hyperion[8].

Influence

Things named for Hyperion include Hyperion Records[24], a record label[25], in United Kingdom[26], founded in 1980[27], headquartered in London[28] and Hyperion Nunataks[29], a nunatak[30].

Why It Matters

Hyperion ranks in the top 7% of moon_of_saturn entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,116 views/month).[2] Hyperion has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Hyperion is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for Hyperion include Hyperion Records[24], a record label[25], in United Kingdom[26], founded in 1980[27], headquartered in London[28] and Hyperion Nunataks[29], a nunatak[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · ~2026-44936-25 · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after
    Semi-major axis of an orbit {'amount': '+1500934'}
    Orbital period {'amount': '+21.276'}
    Orbital eccentricity {'amount': '+0.1230061'}
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6262]]: thesolarsystem:Hyperion"
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