According to NASA, the probe was at a distance of about 25 thousand miles and made new pictures that will allow scientists to map new areas of satellite as well as to new photometric measurements, which will help to understand the chemical composition and properties of its surface. The first time the "Cassini" visited "Away" from Hyperion in September 2005, when it flew past him at a distance of only 500 kilometers. The following convergence is expected September 16, 2011, when the machine will fly at a distance of 58,000 kilometers away. Hyperion was discovered in 1848 independently by British astronomer William Lassell (William Lassell) and American William Bond (William Bond) and was the first open a satellite of Saturn, having an irregular shape. Celestial body, named after the titan Hyperion, the son of Uranus and Gaea, the form of potatoes and the average diameter of about 270 kilometers. Its surface is pitted with many craters, so that he looks like a sponge, and, perhaps, is it really – its density is only half the density of water ice, which means it hides a lot of voids. Hyperion rotates chaotically, and therefore virtually impossible to predict which areas of its surface will be available cameras, "Cassini" in one time or another. The next goal, "Cassini" – Titan September 12, the machine will fly at a distance of 5.8 thousand kilometers. The mission of "Cassini-Huygens mission" – a joint project of space agencies USA, Europe and Italy, to study Saturn. The space probe "Cassini" with the landing vehicle, "Huygens' was launched in 1997 and reached the planet's orbit July 1, 2004. "Huygens" has studied the atmosphere and surface of Titan, Saturn's moon, and the "Cassini" after the removal of the device continued to study the planet and its satellites. In late September 2010, "Cassini" began a new phase of its mission, called "Solstice» (Solstice): the term of the apparatus extended up to 2017, and the probe will give scientists the opportunity to study in detail for the first time all season period of Saturn.
