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Mimas

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Also known as Saturn I, Death Star moon

satellite naturale di Saturno

AI overview

Mimas is a small moon of Saturn that is composed mostly of water ice and may harbor a hidden ocean beneath its frozen surface. Scientists find it significant because it is the smallest celestial body known to be rounded by its own gravity, and its heavily cratered surface provides clues about the history of Saturn's moon system.

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Key facts

Planet.name
Mimas
Planet.mpc_name
Saturn I
Planet.pronounced
or as Greco-Latin Mimas (approximated )
Planet.adjectives
Mimantean, Mimantian (both )
Planet.named_after
Mimas, Giant in Greek mythology
Planet.image
Mimas Cassini.jpg
Planet.caption
Mimas imaged by the Cassini orbiter, February 2010, and orthographically projected. Mimas's surface is dominated by craters; the large crater at the right is Herschel
Planet.background
Thistle
Planet.discoverer
William Herschel
Planet.discovered
17 September 1789
Planet.avg_speed
14.28 km/s (calculated)
Planet.inclination
(to Saturn's equator)
Planet.satellite_of
Saturn
Planet.dimensions
415.6 × 393.4 × 381.2 km(0.0311 Earths)
Planet.surface_area
–
Planet.mass
(6.3 Earths)
Planet.surface_grav
m/s2 (0.00648 g)
Planet.escape_velocity
km/s

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
regular moon
Named after
Mimas
Parent body
Saturn
Diameter
415.6
Radius
198.2
Mass
37.496
Orbital period
0.942
Image
Mimas Cassini.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Mimas (moon)
Commons category
Mimas
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1789-09-17
Commons gallery
Mimas (moon)
orbital eccentricity
0.0196
semi-major axis of an orbit
185520
apparent magnitude
12.9
apoapsis
189176
orbital inclination
1.574
density
1.149
albedo
0.962
periapsis
181902
volume as quantity
32600000
surface gravity
0.064
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Article · Italiano

Mimas (Μίμας in lingua greca), anche noto come Mima o Mimante, è uno dei principali satelliti naturali di Saturno. Con un diametro di 396 chilometri è il settimo satellite di Saturno e il ventunesimo del sistema solare per dimensione. Mimas è il corpo celeste più piccolo che si conosca ad avere forma sferica a causa del proprio campo di gravità.

Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

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