Mimas

Definitions

n. The innermost and smallest of the satellites of Saturn, revolving about its primary in 22 hours 37 minutes.
n. [lowercase] In zoology, a golden-green South American beetle, Scarabæus mimas.

n. mythology A son of Gaia; one of the Gigantes.
n. astronomy The innermost of Saturn's classical satellites, marked by a giant impact crater (Herschel) on its surface.

From Ancient Greek Μίμᾱς (Mimās), earlier Μίμανς (Mimans) (Wiktionary)
After Mimas, one of the Giants slain by Hercules. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

“The March 2009 edition of Focus on Mimas is now available.”

Focus on Mimas - March 2009
“Mimas is a national data centre, supported by JISC and ESRC, and based at The University of Manchester, England”

Focus on Mimas - December 2007
“The December 2007 edition of Focus on Mimas is now available.”

Focus on Mimas - December 2007
“Click on the picture for a larger version. closest look yet at Saturn's moon Mimas, which is nicknamed the "Death Star" because of its curious crater.”

Cosmic Log
“Death Star: Mimas, which is only 250 miles across, has a distinctive scar - the Herschel Crater - which has led to comparisons with the Star Wars space station”

Home | Mail Online
“My latest splognerizer "Mimas" exclusively edited for Sister Phunk:”

Mimas podcast
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Focus on Mimas - March 2009
“An impact on icy Mimas much larger than the one that created the 80-mile-wide Herschel would likely have destroyed the entire moon.”

The Wall Street Journal: Daily Wonders From NASA's Photo Album
“The service is hosted and supported by Mimas, The University of Manchester”

MIMAS-ZETOC e-mail list
“The Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn has caught an interesting new view of the tiny moon Mimas.”

Archive 2010-04-01