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This is a list of named geological features on Mimas, a moon that orbits the planet Saturn. Mimantean features are named after people and places in Arthurian legend or the legends of the Titans . The sole exception to this is Herschel Crater , named after William Herschel , the astronomer who discovered Mimas in 1789.
Mimas's most distinctive feature is a giant impact crater 139 km (86 mi) across, named Herschel after the discoverer of Mimas. Herschel's diameter is almost a third of Mimas's own diameter; its walls are approximately 5 km (3 mi) high, parts of its floor measure 10 km (6 mi) deep, and its central peak rises 6 km (4 mi) above the crater floor.
The similarity between Mimas's appearance and the Death Star in Star Wars due to the large size of Herschel has often been noted, both in the press and in NASA/JPL press releases. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] This is a coincidence, however, as the crater's similarities were not discovered until 1980 after Voyager 1 gained line of sight, three years after the ...
This is a list of astronomical objects named after people. While topological features on Solar System bodies — such as craters, mountains, and valleys — are often named after famous or historical individuals, many stars and deep-sky objects are named after the individual(s) who discovered or otherwise studied it.
Named after Hikaru Genji, the protagonist of the classic Japanese work, The Tale of Genji. Kimmei: Seamount: 222 m (728 ft) K-Ar 39.9±1.2 [3] and 47.9±0.2 million [5] Named after Emperor Kimmei, former ruler of Japan (539–571) Unnamed Seamount Seamount: 82 m (269 ft)
The Kaali impacts (c. 1500 BC) during the Nordic Bronze Age may have influenced Estonian and Finnish mythology, [5] the Campo del Cielo (c. 2500 BC) could be in the legends of some Native Argentine tribes, [6] [7] while Henbury (c. 2700 BC) has figured in Australian Aboriginal oral traditions. [8] Macha crater field map One of the Kaali craters
When space probes have landed on Mars, individual small features such as rocks, dunes, and hollows have often been given informal names. Many of these are frivolous: features have been named after ice cream (such as Cookies N Cream); cartoon characters (such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick); and 1970s music acts (such as ABBA and the Bee ...
Haleakalā is far smaller than many volcanic craters ; there is an excellent chance that it is not extinct, but only dormant; and strictly speaking it is not of volcanic origin, beyond the fact that it exists in a volcanic mountain. [8] Haleakalā as seen looking northwest from Big Island, Hawaii, near Kawaihae, 85 kilometers (53 mi) away