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Mimas

[ mahy-mas, mee- ]

noun

  1. Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
  2. Classical Mythology. one of the Gigantes, killed by Hercules.
  3. Roman Legend. a companion of Aeneas, killed by Mezentius.


Mimas

/ ˈmaɪməs; -mæs /

noun

  1. a satellite of the planet Saturn
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Maybe Mimas is solid, but its core is irregular, like the shape of many asteroids.

Mimas always presents the same face to Saturn, just as the Moon does to Earth.

The authors of the new study used data from the Cassini probe orbiting Saturn to measure the libration of Mimas.

However, both the Moon and Mimas experience libration wobbling slightly and bringing part of the “far side” into view.

The final guess is also eminently reasonable: Mimas might have a partly liquid interior.

Between Erythræ and Hypocremnus is Mimas,77 a lofty mountain, abounding with beasts of chase, and well wooded.

The sixth and seventh satellites, Mimas and Enceladus, were discovered by him in 1789.

The others—Mimas (the first), Enceladus (the second), and Hyperion (the seventh)—are beyond the reach of all but large telescopes.

And grant that when I come to the nether slopes of towering Mimas I may find honourable, god-fearing men.

Mimas had no atmosphere—how could the meteor sound off or burn up?

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