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Hyperion's unusual craters (2) - HR
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Original caption:"Scientists will also be examining Cassini's sharp views to try to determine whether there have been multiple episodes of landslides on Hyperion. Such "downslope" movement is evident in the filling of craters with debris and the near elimination of many craters along the steeper slopes. Answers to these questions may help solve the mystery of why this object has evolved different surface forms from other moons of Saturn.
The images comprising this mosaic were taken with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera at distances ranging from approximately 8.500 Km (about 5.300 miles) to 4.600 Km (about 2.900 miles) from Hyperion. Image scale is 26 mt (about 85 feet) per pixel".
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