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Moon

Mimas

An icy moon whose 130 km Herschel crater makes it look like the "Death Star".

TypeMoon
Parent bodySaturn
Radius198 km · 0.0311 R⊕
Mass3.749 × 10¹⁹ kg · 6.28 × 10⁻⁶ M⊕
Mean density1.15 g/cm³
Surface gravity0.0637 m/s² · 0.0065 × Earth
Escape velocity0.159 km/s
Rotation periodTidally locked (always shows the same face)
Orbital radius185,540 km (Saturn)
Eccentricity0.020
Orbital period22.6 hours

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