Mimas - Wikipedia
WEBMimas is responsible for clearing the material from the Cassini Division, the gap between Saturn's two widest rings, the A Ring and B Ring. Particles in the Huygens Gap at the inner edge of the Cassini division are in a 2:1 orbital resonance with Mimas. They orbit twice for each orbit of Mimas.
A recently formed ocean inside Saturn’s moon Mimas | Nature
WEBFeb 7, 2024 · Here, from detailed analysis of Mimas’s orbital motion based on Cassini data, with a particular focus on Mimas’s periapsis drift, we show that its heavily cratered icy shell hides a global...
The Solar System has a new ocean — it’s buried in a small Saturn …
WEBFeb 7, 2024 · Mimas, a small and geologically inert moon of Saturn, conceals a liquid ocean beneath its icy surface, according to a new analysis of Cassini data. The ocean could have formed in the past 25...
Mimas: Closer Than Ever Before - NASA Science
WEBAug 5, 2005 · See the highest resolution images of Saturn's moon Mimas, taken by Cassini in 2005. Learn about the craters, fractures and canyons on its surface, and how they relate to the giant crater Herschel.
Images from Cassini's Mimas Flyby - NASA Jet Propulsion …
WEBSee stunning views of Mimas, a small moon of Saturn with a large crater resembling the Death Star, captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Learn about the moon's surface features, color differences, temperature variations and more.
Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may harbor ocean beneath its …
WEBFeb 8, 2024 · Astronomers discovered a young liquid ocean beneath the icy surface of Mimas, a tiny moon with a giant crater. The findings, based on Cassini data, suggest Mimas is a potential habitat for...
Cassini Flies by Saturn's Tortured Moon Mimas
WEBAug 5, 2005 · On its recent close flyby of Mimas, the Cassini spacecraft found the Saturnian moon looking battered and bruised, with a surface that may be the most heavily cratered in the Saturn system.
Flying by the "Death Star" Moon - NASA
WEBMar 29, 2010 · Mimas is a small moon of Saturn with a huge impact crater that resembles the Death Star in Star Wars. See the stunning images of Mimas taken by Cassini in 2010, and learn more about the moon's features and history.
Saturn and Mimas - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
WEBJan 15, 2009 · The image was taken in blue light with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Nov. 26, 2008 at a distance of approximately 915,000 kilometers (569,000 miles) from Mimas and at a Sun-Mimas-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 28 degrees.
ESA - Saturn's moon Mimas - European Space Agency
WEBSaturn's moon Mimas. Looking like the 'Death Star' from the Star Wars films, this is Mimas, a heavily cratered moon of Saturn, captured here by the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft. Soon after Saturn orbit insertion, Cassini-Huygens returned its best look yet at Mimas (398 kilometres across).
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