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  • Mimas (moon)
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  • Mimas (pronounced /ˈmaɪməs/, or as Greek Μίμᾱς, rarely Μίμανς) is a moon of Saturn which was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel. It is named after Mimas, a son of Gaia in Greek mythology, and is also designated Saturn I. By diameter, Mimas is the 20th largest moon in the solar system. However, Mimas is the smallest known astronomical body that is thought to be rounded in shape due to self-gravitation.
  • Mimas is a moon of Saturn which was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel. It is named after Mimas, a son of Gaia in Greek mythology, and is also designated Saturn I. With a diameter of kilometre (mi) it is the smallest astronomical body that is known to be rounded in shape because of self-gravitation.
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colwidth
  • 30
physical characteristics
  • yes
Period
  • 81425.24352
Dimensions
  • 414.800000
  • 415.600000
Surface area
  • ~490 000 km²
float
  • center
orbit ref
  •  
discoverer
single temperature
  • ~64 K
  • ≈ 64 K
Name
  • Mimas
discovery
  • yes
surface grav
  • 0.063000
  • m/s2
Caption
  • Enhanced-color maps
  • Enhanced-color map showing a bluish band across the leading hemisphere.
  • north and south hemispheres.
  • trailing and leading hemispheres.
Albedo
  • 0.962000
Width
  • 250
Mass
  • kg
  •  
alt names
  • Saturn I
INCLINATION
  • 1.510000
Volume
  • ~32 900 000 km3
Eccentricity
  • 0.020000
mean radius
  • 198.300000
bgcolour
  • #a0ffa0
Satellite Of
avg speed
  • 14.28
discovered
  • 1789-09-17
Rotation
Pronounced
  • or
Escape velocity
  • km/s
  • 0.159
mean orbit radius
  • 185520.0
Density
  • 1.147000
magnitude
  • 12.900000
adjectives
  • Mimantean
  • Mimantean, Mimantian
Axial tilt
  • zero
Image-Width
  • 250
abstract
  • Mimas (pronounced /ˈmaɪməs/, or as Greek Μίμᾱς, rarely Μίμανς) is a moon of Saturn which was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel. It is named after Mimas, a son of Gaia in Greek mythology, and is also designated Saturn I. By diameter, Mimas is the 20th largest moon in the solar system. However, Mimas is the smallest known astronomical body that is thought to be rounded in shape due to self-gravitation.
  • Mimas is a moon of Saturn which was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel. It is named after Mimas, a son of Gaia in Greek mythology, and is also designated Saturn I. With a diameter of kilometre (mi) it is the smallest astronomical body that is known to be rounded in shape because of self-gravitation.