Up Close and Personal with Hyperion, Saturn’s Mysterious Ugly Potato Moon
In November, the Cassini probe got very, very close to Hyperion, one of Saturns many moons. These 61 frames comprise a fly-by movie of the moon. Defrost the thing and add some sour cream and it’s good enough to eat! As Bad Astronomy explains it, the jump cuts and discrepancies in the animation are probably…