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Space Imitates Star Wars.

By Miss Cellania in Everything Else on Aug 22, 2007 at 10:26 pm


480_mimas

It sure looks like the Death Star from Star Wars, but this one really IS a moon! Mimas is one of Saturn’s innermost moons. It has a crater 80 miles wide named Hershel. In this photo, taken from the Cassini orbiter, Mimas was shot in front of one of Saturn’s rings. Link to NASA information on Mimas. Link to photo information (where you can see an enlargement). -via Reddit


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  1. Ali S.
    Aug 22nd, 2007 at 11:33 pm

    Great...now I have to move my "HIDDEN" Death Star to a new location. Damn you!

  2. Chad
    Aug 23rd, 2007 at 6:01 pm

    why is it saturn gets all the weird moons?

  3. force fx lightsaber
    Feb 9th, 2010 at 8:02 am

    LOL
    That thing really does look like a deathstar!
    Awesome

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