Mimas

Mimas — moon orbiting Saturn, shown live in Cosmoscope, a real-time 3D map of the universe.

The Death Star moon — the impact that dug Herschel crater nearly shattered it.

Radius
198.2 km
Orbit
186k km from Saturn
Period
0.94 days
Feature
Herschel crater, a third its diameter

Seeing Mimas in real time

Cosmoscope puts Mimas at its true position in the solar system, computed from JPL-derived ephemeris and updated continuously. Open the live 3D view to see, in real time, how far Mimas is from the Sun and from Earth right now, how many minutes or hours light takes to cross that gap, and how fast it is moving along its orbit. Scrub the timeline to place Mimas where it was on any past date, or where it will be years from now.

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