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  1. Hyperion, named for the father
  2. of Helios, is unusual due to
  3. its irregular shape. Small
  4. moons are expected to be oddly
  5. formed looking more like large
  6. rocks than anything else. However
  7. Hyperion is nearly 250 miles long
  8. and 150 miles wide seemingly much
  9. too large for its appearance. 
  10. The larger moons would seem to
  11. naturally collapse into the
  12. traditional spherical shape
  13. due to their increased gravity.
  14.