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Wow, now this is scary!
Saturn's moon is Death Star's twin
* 11:01 11 February 2005
 NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)
Saturn's diminutive moon,Mimas only just survived the impact that created its enormous crater.
| Quote: | Saturn's diminutive moon, Mimas, poses as the Death Star - the planet-destroying space station from the movie Star Wars - in an image recently captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
A giant crater 138 kilometres across dominates the landscape of Mimas and represents almost one-third of the moon's diameter.
Scientists first noticed Mimas's resemblance to the Death Star when the twin Voyager spacecraft flew past Saturn in 1980 and 1981. The second film in the movie series - The Empire Strikes Back - had just hit movie theatres, recalls Cassini deputy project scientist Linda Spilker.
Now, Cassini has taken an even better image than those from the Voyager probes with its narrow-angle camera. It snapped the photo on 16 January 2005 from 213,000 km away at a resolution of 1.3 km per pixel.
Heavy fire
Like the Death Star, Mimas has found itself on the receiving end of some heavy fire. The crater was probably caused by an enormous asteroid impact. But the moon only just survived - if the asteroid had been any bigger or moving much faster, it probably would have split the moon in two.
Most of the craters on Mimas are named after characters in Camelot. But the biggest crater was named after Sir William Herschel, the scientist who discovered Mimas. "Herschel's the oddball crater that doesn't really fit in," Spilker told New Scientist.
The peak in the middle of Herschel crater was also formed by the impact, when pulverised or molten rock rebounded upwards like a droplet of water splashing up from a pool of water.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, US, released the image on Thursday.
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antioco2003
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:31 am Post subject: |
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Wow, that's nice.
Thanx 4 the link. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 6:21 am Post subject: |
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| geekay ( once again permit me to use your short name) your articles are bringing back the veterans back. These posts bring lot of good to the board! keep it up! welcome back antioco! |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 10:44 am Post subject: |
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That's really cool! Thanks for all your amazing info that you keep finding, keep it up! 
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 10:58 am Post subject: |
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Geekerati, be bold. As in not shy  . You seem to worry that people will get mad at your "bombardment of posts" but that is just a misconception . We all love you here and we find all your posts here informative and useful like this one.
Obviously it is just coincidence but still...it is very interesting...maybe there's more to it than just looks...
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| cvrk3, I've always been here... |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow, you really dig up the info dude! Keep it up! |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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That's really interesting. It's amazing it survived. I wonder what would have happened if it didn't though. Great article, thanks for posting it.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:26 am Post subject: |
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Glad you guys liked it, I wish I could have found a better comparison photo though. Yes, I have been 'bombing' the forum lately, I'm bored and it doesn't cost me much to play on the computer. This is my entertainment,and I know I need to get a life.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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| no rod, haha, you spend what? how long? me spends all my time on comp, up to 8-10 hours a day, so now who needs to get a life, its ok to come on the computer all the time, just accept it, everytime you get a compliment, you find something to take away the compliment, but noooo, all compliments you get stay with you, hahahaha, heh |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:20 am Post subject: |
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| "That's no moon...it's a space station...." |
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