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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. That name was chosen before the International Astronomical Union set a guideline for naming geological features on Mimas.
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 film ...
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.
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.
The eruption is in Halemaʻumaʻu crater in Kilauea's⠯summit caldera at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park on Hawaii's Big Island. Kīlauea makes up the southeastern side of the Big Island ...
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)
Pauahi Crater is a volcanic crater measuring 2,000 ft (610 m) long, up to some 1,300 ft (400 m) across, and 300 ft (91 m) deep in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park at It is about 3 mi (4.8 km) from the top of the Big Island of Hawaii's Chain of Craters Road, which follows a "chain" that also includes the Hiʻiaka, Puʻu Huluhulu, Kānenuiohamo, Makaopuhi and Nāpau craters.
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