Moon
A small moon of Saturn with a giant crater that gives it a Death Star-like appearance.
| Type | Moon |
|---|---|
| Orbits | Saturn |
| Distance from parent body | 185,540 km |
| Diameter | 396 km |
| Mass | 3.75 × 10^19 kg |
| Surface gravity | 0.064 m/s² |
| Temperature | -209°C |
| Orbital period | 1 days |
| Apparent magnitude | 12.9 |
| Redshift | 0 |
| Discovered | 1789 |
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.
Play today's Cosmodle