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Mimas (Satellite of Saturn)

Mimas

Constants

  •  Mean Radius:               198.6 km
  •  Mass:                      0.000006275 (Earth=1)
  •  Density:                   1.14 (g/cm^3)
  •  Gravity:                   0.008 (Earth=1)
  •  Orbit Period:              0.942 (Earth days)
  •  Rotation Period:           0.942 (Earth days)
  •  Semimajor Axis of Orbit:   185,540 km
  •  Eccentricity of Orbit:     0.004
Notes on Constants Table

Mimas Nomenclature

Official names of features on Mimas as approved by the International Astronomical Union.

Saturn Satellites Voyager Mosaics

Global image maps of Mimas and other Saturnian satellites created from Voyager imagery.

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