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A high-relief image of Mimas by Cassini on January 30, 2017. The shapes and the texture of its many overlapping craters can clearly be seen. The Mimantean surface is saturated with smaller impact craters, but no others are anywhere near the size of Herschel. Although Mimas is heavily cratered, the cratering is not uniform.
Pieces as large as 20 millimeters (1 in) were found on Crater Rim Drive while 0.3 m (1 ft) blocks hit the crater overlook area. [15] This was the first explosive eruption of Halemaʻumaʻu since 1924, and the first lava eruption from the crater since 1982. [16]
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 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.
This is Mimas, the smallest of Saturn's major moons. Other than its giant impact crater, scientists thought Mimas was a rather boring piece of cold rock. Now, a new study says Mimas is much more ...
Saturn's moon Mimas is known for its uncanny resemblance to the dreaded Death Star in the original "Star Wars" movie. Astronomers said on Wednesday that data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft ...
K-Ar date of 1.28±0.04 million [3] Sixth-largest island [25] The only town is Lānaʻi City, a small settlement. East Molokai: Molokaʻi: 1.3 MYA: K-Ar 1.76±0.04 million [3] The northern half of this volcano suffered a large collapse 1.5 million years ago. [26]
The United States military has made use of some of the volcanic islands that were formed by the Honolulu Volcanics. [13] The Koko area is designated as the Koko Head Regional Park [14] and Hanauma Bay is also a state park. [15] Parts of this system are among the best known volcanic vents of Hawaiʻi. [16] About 30–40 vents have been ...