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| the first and best of the four ages of humankind; an era of peace and innocence that finally yielded to the silver age |
| suggestive of a western people believed to dwell in perpetual darkness |
Hyperion
major moon of Saturn, notable in that it has no regular rotation period but tumbles in an apparently random fashion in its orbit. Hyperion was discovered in 1848 by the American astronomers William Bond and George Bond and independently by the English astronomer William Lassell. It was named for one of the Titans of Greek mythology.
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