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Old 10-07-2007, 07:59 AM
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Hyperion is Porous

An article in nature today confirms that Hyperion (one of Saturn's moons) is porous all the way through. It lacks the mass for it's own gravity to consolidate it into a solid rocky moon. This means some other small low density bodies may also be porous rock rather than low density ices.

http://www.nature.com/news/2007/0707...070702-11.html

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