File:Mimas Cassini.jpg

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English: Description from NASA :

In this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its closest-ever flyby of Saturn's moon Mimas, large Herschel Crater dominates Mimas, making the moon look like the Death Star in the movie "Star Wars."
Herschel Crater is 130 kilometers, or 80 miles, wide and covers most of the right of this image. Scientists continue to study this impact basin and its surrounding terrain (see PIA12569 and PIA12571).
Cassini came within about 9,500 kilometers (5,900 miles) of Mimas on Feb. 13, 2010. This mosaic was created from six images taken that day in visible light with Cassini's narrow-angle camera on Feb. 13, 2010. The images were re-projected into an orthographic map projection. This view looks toward the area between the region that leads on Mimas' orbit around Saturn and the region of the moon facing away from Saturn. Mimas is 396 kilometers (246 miles) across. This view is centered on terrain at 11 degrees south latitude, 158 degrees west longitude. North is up. This view was obtained at a distance of approximately 50,000 kilometers (31,000 miles) from Mimas and at a sun-Mimas-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 17 degrees. Image scale is 240 meters (790 feet) per pixel.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team is based at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://www.nasa.gov/cassini and http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. The Cassini imaging team homepage is at http://ciclops.org.

The original NASA image has been cropped.

Français : Vue de Mimas, une lune de saturne, prise par la sonde Cassini.

Mimas mesure environ 396 km de diamètre. La structure la plus remarquable de ce satellite est le cratère Herschel, qui, avec 130 km de diamètre, domine le paysage. C'est ce cratère qui donne à Mimas l'aspect de l'étoile noire de la guerre des étoiles. Ce bassin d'impact est l'objet d'études scientifiques.
Cette image a été a été obtenue le 13 février 2010, lors du passage de Cassini au plus près de l'astre, à une distance de 9 500 km. Elle a été recomposée à partir de six clichés pris en lumière visible par l'appareil photo à angle étroit et reprojetée en projection orthographique.
La mission Cassini-Huygens est une mission coopérative entre la NASA, l'ESA et l'agence spatiale italienne.

Un site (en anglais) est dédié à cette mission.

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13 February 2010

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia12570.html
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA12570

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English: In this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its closest-ever flyby of Saturn's moon Mimas, large Herschel Crater dominates Mimas, making the moon look like the Death Star in the movie "Star Wars."

Other languages:

Čeština: Fotografie Saturnova měsíce Mimas pořízená sondou Cassini při jejím nejbližším průletu; fotografii dominuje kráter Herschel

Dansk: Foto af Saturns måne Mimas, taget af rumsonden Cassini.

Deutsch: Bei ihrem Vorbeiflug am Saturnmond Mimas hat die NASA Raumsonde Cassini diese Ansicht aufgenommen. Zu erkennen ist der riesige Herschel-Krater. Der Krater nimmt in dem Bild einen so großen Raum ein, dass der Mond wie der Todesstern im Film „Star Wars“ aussieht.

English: In this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its closest-ever flyby of Saturn's moon Mimas, large Herschel Crater dominates Mimas, making the moon look like the Death Star in the movie "Star Wars."

Español: Una fotografía de Mimas, uno de los principales satélites de Saturno, tomada el 13 de febrero de 2010 desde la sonda espacial internacional Cassini.

Français : Dans cette vue de Mimas, un satellite naturel de Saturne prise par la sonde Cassini, le cratère Herschel domine cette lune au point de la faire ressembler à l'Étoile de la Mort dans la saga Star Wars.

Italiano: Un'immagine di Mimas, uno dei principali satelliti di Saturno, scattata - il 13 febbraio 2010 - dalla sonda spaziale internazionale Cassini che ha effettuato numerosi sorvoli ravvicinati di questo corpo celeste a partire dal 2005.

Magyar: A NASA Cassini–Huygens űrszondájának felvétele a Szaturnusz Mimas nevű holdjáról. A felvétel 2010. február 13-án készült, amikor a szonda a legkisebb távolságban haladt el a Mimas mellett. A Mimas a 140 km átmérőjű Herschel-kráteréről nevezetes, ami hasonlatossá teszi a Csillagok háborúja több részében is látható Halálcsillaghoz. A krátert egy kisbolygó becsapódása idézte elő.

Nederlands: Mimas, de natuurlijke maan van de planeet Saturnus. De maan wordt in deze opname van de naar Saturnus uitgezonden ruimtesonde Cassini-Huygens gedomineerd door de gigantische krater Herschel (diameter: 149 kilometer met wanden van 5 kilometer hoogte), die de maan het aanzicht geeft van de 'Death Star' uit de filmserie Star Wars. De overeenkomst is echter toevallig, daar de krater pas enkele jaren na de films werd ontdekt.

Polski: Księżyc Saturna Mimas sfotografowany przez sondę Cassini. Dominujący na Mimasie krater Herschel czyni go podobnym do Gwiazdy Śmierci z filmu "Gwiezdne Wojny."

Português: Mimas, uma das luas de Saturno.

Svenska: Saturnus måne Mimas fotograferad från rymdsonden Cassini.

Македонски: Поглед на Месечината, налик на вселенскиот брод „Смртоносна Ѕвезда“ од серијалот „Војна на ѕвездите“.

한국어: NASA의 카시니 탐사선이 토성의 위성인 미마스를 접근 통과하면서 촬영한 사진. 허셜 크레이터가 있어 영화 스타 워즈의 요새 데스 스타를 연상시킨다.

日本語：土星の衛星ミマス。2010年2月13日、NASAのカッシーニ探査機が最接近した際に撮影したもの。ハーシェル・クレーターとよばれる巨大なクレーターが特徴である。

中文：卡西尼土星探测器拍摄的土卫一的照片，可以看到巨大的赫歇尔撞击坑。

中文（繁體）：卡西尼土星探測器拍攝的土衛一照片，可以看到巨大的赫歇爾撞擊坑。

This image was selected as picture of the day on Vietnamese Wikipedia.

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