Mimas

Moon

A small moon of Saturn with a giant crater that gives it a Death Star-like appearance.

Facts

TypeMoon
OrbitsSaturn
Distance from parent body185,540 km
Diameter396 km
Mass3.75 × 10^19 kg
Surface gravity0.064 m/s²
Temperature-209°C
Orbital period1 days
Apparent magnitude12.9
Redshift0
Discovered1789

Mimas in context

At 396 km across, Mimas is 11 percent of the diameter of Earth's Moon.

Its mass is less than a thousandth of the mass of Earth.

It orbits Saturn at 185,540 km, closer in than the Moon orbits Earth.

A single orbit takes 22.6 hours.

An average temperature of 64 K works out at -209 degrees Celsius, colder than the 15 degrees Earth averages.

It has been on record since 1789.

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