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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 film ...
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.
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
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 ...
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.
New lava flows have inundated much of the crater floor and by 7:30 p.m. about 10 meters (32 feet) depth of new lava had been added to the crater floor. The eruption ended 61 days later on March 7, 2023. [51] Three months after the end of the previous eruption, another eruption began on June 7, 2023. [52]