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moons of Saturn: Mimas moons of Saturn: Mimas Mimas, moon of Saturn, photographed by NASA's Voyager 1. The crater is about 1/4 of the satellite's diameter and is unique among the explored objects of the solar system. Saturn: Mimas Hubble Space Telescope: Saturn and moons False-colour image of Saturn. Three of its satellites (Tethys, Dione, and Rhea) are visible as bright points on the left; a fourth moon, Mimas, can be seen in front of Saturn, below the ring system. This image is based on observations made by the Voyager spacecraft. False-colour images of the ring and satellites of Saturn, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, Nov. 21, 1995. The satellite Dione appears just above the rings in the first two images; Mimas is visible at the outer edge of the rings; and other moons are visible near Saturn's disk on the right.
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Primary Contributors

  • William B. Hubbard
  • Bonnie Buratti
    Senior Research Scientist, Principal Scientist and Supervisor: Comets, Asteroids, and Satellites Group, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Corrected tagging issue. Feb 09, 2024
Article revised and updated. Feb 09, 2024
Corrected display issue. Jan 22, 2024
Modified link of Web site: The Nine Planets - Phobos. Jun 06, 2023
Add new Web site: National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Solar System Exploration - Mimas. Mar 20, 2015
Added images of Mimas taken from the Cassini spacecraft. May 27, 2011
Article revised and updated. Jan 24, 2011
Media revised. Apr 04, 2008
Added new Web site: The Nine Planets - Phobos. Jun 08, 2006
Article revised and updated. May 11, 2006
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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