The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty.
In Greek mythology, a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea. Husband of Theia and father of Eos (the Dawn). A handsome wanderer, his name is said to signify height or superiority.
(Greek mythology) a Titan who was the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology
Hyperion is one of the 18 moons of Saturn. Hyperion is the largest-known irregular-shaped body in our Solar System. It has a variable rotational period. Craters mark the surface. Iapetus has a radius of about 180x140x112.5 km and is irregularly shaped. Hyperion orbits at about 1,481,100 km from Saturn. Its orbital period is 21.27 days. It was discovered by W. & G. Bond/W. Lassell in 1848.
A moon of Saturn was discovered by William & George Bond and William Lassell on September 16, 1848. Hyperion also is designated as "Saturn VII". In Greek mythology, Hyperion was a Titan and the 'god of observation'.
Hyperion (, Greek ὙπεÏίων) is a moon of Saturn discovered by William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond and William Lassell in 1848. It is distinguished by its irregular shape, its chaotic rotation, and its unexplained sponge-like appearance.
In Homer's Iliad and Odyssey the sun god is called Helios Hyperion, 'Sun High-one'. But in the Odyssey, Hesiod's Theogony and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter the sun is once in each work called Hyperonides 'son of Hyperion' and Hesiod certainly imagines Hyperion as a separate being in other places.