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Herschel (Mimantean crater)

Index Herschel (Mimantean crater)

Herschel is a huge crater in the leading hemisphere of the Saturnian moon Mimas, on the equator at 100° longitude. [1]

15 relations: Herschel (crater), Impact crater, Impact event, List of craters in the Solar System, List of geological features on Mimas, List of largest craters in the Solar System, List of tallest mountains in the Solar System, Mimas (moon), Moons of Saturn, Odysseus (crater), Phobos (moon), Saturn's moons in fiction, Timeline of the formation of the Universe, Voyager 1, William Herschel.

Herschel (crater)

There are several impact craters named Herschel in the Solar System, although the best known is the huge crater on Saturn's moon Mimas.

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Impact crater

An impact crater is an approximately circular depression in the surface of a planet, moon, or other solid body in the Solar System or elsewhere, formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller body.

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Impact event

An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects.

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List of craters in the Solar System

This is a list of named craters in the Solar System as named by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature.

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List of geological features on Mimas

This is a list of named geological features on Mimas, a moon that orbits the planet Saturn.

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List of largest craters in the Solar System

Following are the largest impact craters on various worlds of the Solar System.

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List of tallest mountains in the Solar System

This is a list of the tallest mountains in the Solar System.

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Mimas (moon)

Mimas, also designated Saturn I, is a moon of Saturn which was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel.

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Moons of Saturn

The moons of Saturn are numerous and diverse, ranging from tiny moonlets less than 1 kilometer across to the enormous Titan, which is larger than the planet Mercury.

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Odysseus (crater)

Odysseus is the largest crater on Saturn's moon Tethys.

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Phobos (moon)

Phobos (systematic designation) is the innermost and larger of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Deimos.

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Saturn's moons in fiction

Several of Saturn's natural satellites have figured prominently in works of science fiction.

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Timeline of the formation of the Universe

This is a timeline of the formation and subsequent evolution of the Universe from the Big Bang (13.799 ± 0.021 billion years ago) to the present day.

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Voyager 1

Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977.

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William Herschel

Frederick William Herschel, (Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-born British astronomer, composer and brother of fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel, with whom he worked.

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Herschel (crater on Mimas).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_(Mimantean_crater)

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