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Mimas

Interesting facts
  • Mimas is the smallest known object that has enough gravity to pull itself into a rounded shape.
  • The surface area of Mimas is about the same as the surface area of California, or that of Spain.
  • The most conspicuous feature on Mimas is a giant impact crater, about 80 miles in diameter.  The edge of Herschel Crater is marked by cliffs about 16,000 feet high, and a peak in the center of the crater rises about 19,000 feet above the crater floor.
  • The gravitational pull of Mimas, combined with the position of its orbit, caused the division between Saturn’s A and B rings.

You can view this link to learn more about Mimas and the other moons of Saturn:
  • Mimas (Wikipedia)
  • Saturnian moons (Wikipedia)

The Mimas image on this page (with Saturn behind) was taken in 2008 by the Cassini probe, and is courtesy of NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.

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