Mimas Facts For Kids
Mimas is a giant in Greek mythology, known as one of the Gigantes who fought against the Olympian gods during the Gigantomachy.
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William Herschel, discoverer of Mimas
John Herschel, the astronomer who suggested that the moons of Saturn be named after the Titans and Giants
Mimas compared to Ceres and the Moon
A high-relief image of Mimas by Cassini on January 30, 2017. The shapes and the texture of its many overlapping craters can be seen clearly.
PIA17215: Mimas Polar Maps - June 2017 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17215 The northern and southern hemispheres of Saturn's moon Mimas are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available Cassini images. Each map is centered on one of the poles, and surface coverage extends to the equator. Grid lines show latitude and longitude in 30-degree increments. Unlabeled versions of these maps are also provided. The scale in the full-size versions of these maps is 710 feet (216 meters) per pixel. The resolution of the map is 16 pixels per degree. The mean radius of Mimas used for projection of these maps is 123.2 miles (198.2 kilometers). The maps are updates to the versions released in June 2012 (see PIA14927). The mosaics contain new data from two close flybys of Mimas in Nov. 2016 and Feb. 2017. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov and https://www.nasa.gov/cassini . The Cassini imaging team homepage is at https://ciclops.org .
Mimas — photo 6
PIA17215: Mimas Polar Maps - June 2017 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17215 The northern and southern hemispheres of Saturn's moon Mimas are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available Cassini images. Each map is centered on one of the poles, and surface coverage extends to the equator. Grid lines show latitude and longitude in 30-degree increments. Unlabeled versions of these maps are also provided. The scale in the full-size versions of these maps is 710 feet (216 meters) per pixel. The resolution of the map is 16 pixels per degree. The mean radius of Mimas used for projection of these maps is 123.2 miles (198.2 kilometers). The maps are updates to the versions released in June 2012 (see PIA14927). The mosaics contain new data from two close flybys of Mimas in Nov. 2016 and Feb. 2017. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov and https://www.nasa.gov/cassini . The Cassini imaging team homepage is at https://ciclops.org .
A temperature map overlay of Mimas that looks like Pac-Man