Mimas was discovered by William Herschel on 17 September 1789.
Mimas is named after one of the Titans in Greek mythology, Mimas. The names of all seven then-known satellites of Saturn, including Mimas, were suggested by William Herschel's son John on 1847.
This Mimas map is based on the Cassini and Voyager missions.
Mimas's most distinctive feature is a giant impact crater 130 kilometres across, named Herschel after the moon's discoverer. Herschel's diameter is almost a third of the moon's own diameter and its walls are approximately 5 kilometres. When you see Mimas from certain angles, it resembles the Death Star, a fictional space station known from the film "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope", which is said to be roughly 140 kilometres in diameter.
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