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Bookmark or Share- Mimas - WikipediaMimas, also designated Saturn I, is the seventh-largest natural satellite of Saturn. With a mean diameter of 396.4 kilometres or 246.3 miles, Mimas is the smallest astronomical body known to be roughly rounded in shape due to its own gravity.
- Mimas - NASA ScienceAt a mean distance just over 115,000 miles (186,000 kilometers) from the massive planet, Mimas takes only 22 hours and 36 minutes to complete an orbit. Mimas is tidally locked: it keeps the same face toward Saturn as it flies around the planet, just as our Moon does with Earth.
- Mimas | Definition, Features, & Facts | BritannicaSaturn's moon Mimas in an image taken by the Cassini spacecraft. Mimas, smallest and innermost of the major regular moons of Saturn. It was discovered in 1789 by the English astronomer William Herschel and named for one of the Giants (Gigantes) of Greek mythology. Year discovered: 1789.
- The Solar System has a new ocean — it’s buried in a small ... - NatureMimas, a mid-sized moon of Saturn, turns out to have an ocean beneath its icy surface — despite looking too geologically inert to have water sloshing inside. Mimas joins a growing list of icy...
- Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon is hiding an internal ocean ... - CNNCNN — Astronomers have uncovered additional evidence that one of Saturn’s smallest moons, Mimas, is hiding a global ocean beneath its icy surface.
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