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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4435.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4435. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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The innermost of Saturn's mid-sized icy satellites, discovered in 1789 by William Herschel. It orbits the planet at a distance of 186 000 km, within the tenuous E ring and near its inner boundary. Mimas is a heavily cratered world, with many craters overlapping. With one exception they are less than 30 km across. The exception is Herschel (named to honor the satellite's discoverer), whose diamete...

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