Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hyperion

Hyperion moon of Saturn

Hyperion is one of the largest highly irregular (non-spherical) bodies in the solar system (second to Proteus). The largest crater on Hyperion is approximately 120 km in diameter and 10 km deep. A possible explanation for the irregular morphology is that Hyperion is a fragment of a larger body that was broken by a large impact in the distant past, an event which has been linked to the enigmatic darkening of Iapetus.

Reason

High resolution, stunning details, very encyclopedic.

Articles this image appears in

Hyperion (moon)

Creator

Cassini Orbitor/NASA/ESA

• Support as nominator — Chris H 04:39, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support - nice image, and is - strangely - quite eerie... (don't ask why) Booksworm Talk to me! 08:01, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support - great detail, and fascinating - I had no idea that there were moons in our solar system shaped like this. Calliopejen1 16:29, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support, looks good. --Phoenix 17:31, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support -- A strange and interesting space sponge. --TotoBaggins 18:15, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support Very odd…--HereToHelp 00:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support Very detailed. Maddiekate 03:40, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support Shows details. Kalyan 06:13, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support, definitely interesting and good quality.--Svetovid 08:47, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support it has a strange, unearthly, look to it. ^High_InBC^{(Need help? Ask me)} 14:05, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support. Fantastic and stunning image. --Carioca 22:46, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Support Per above. Bewareofdog 01:05, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support, despite the image description page giving no source information (beyond claiming it's {{PD-NASA}}). I'd prefer the less tightly cropped version here, except that has a much lower resolution. -- Avenue 10:38, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Support Only a spacecraft like Cassini could capture in such detail the intriguing features of the moon Hyperion. It would make excellent featured picture. ▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡^Talk 17:59, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support Spectactular --St.daniel ^Talk 21:22, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Hyperion false color.jpg --KFP (talk | contribs) 10:23, 23 May 2007 (UTC)