Crater on Mimas

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zorg.ch #69180 by [z]Barbara Harris @ 09.03.2005 00:00 - nach oben - Crater on Mimas Explanation: Whatever hit Mimas nearly destroyed it. What remains is one of the largest impact craters on one of Saturn's smallest moons. The crater, named Herschel after the 1789 discoverer of Mimas, Sir William Herschel, spans about 130 kilometers and is pictured above in the dramatic light of its terminator. Mimas' low mass produces a surface gravity just strong enough to create a spherical body but weak enough to allow such relatively large surface features. Mimas is made of mostly water ice with a smattering of rock - so it is accurately described as a big dirty snowball. The above image was taken during the 2005 January flyby of the robot spacecraft Cassini now in orbit around Saturn. Credit & Copyright zorg.ch #69221 by milamber @ 09.03.2005 14:03 - nach oben - Crater on Mianus? zorg.ch #69307 by Mike @ 09.03.2005 18:57 - nach oben - verdammt min gedankä , ha mi aber nöd traut das z schribä:-) zorg.ch #69319 by Kilian @ 09.03.2005 21:31 - nach oben - gseht us wiä de kampfstern be starwars...gar nöd wüsst das de würklich git