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| | |image=Mimas Herschel up close.jpg | | |image=Mimas Herschel up close.jpg |
| − | |caption=Mimas, with crater Herschel, taken by Cassini | + | |caption=Mimas, with crater Herschel, taken by [[Cassini-Huygens Mission|Cassini]] |
| | |date=July 18, 1789<ref name=usgs>"[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/append7.html Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Planetary Body Names and Discoverers]." US Geological Survey, Jennifer Blue, ed. March 31, 2008. Accessed April 17, 2008.</ref> | | |date=July 18, 1789<ref name=usgs>"[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/append7.html Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Planetary Body Names and Discoverers]." US Geological Survey, Jennifer Blue, ed. March 31, 2008. Accessed April 17, 2008.</ref> |
| | |discname=[[William Herschel]]<ref name=usgs/><ref name=Hamilton>Hamilton, Calvin J. "[http://www.solarviews.com/eng/mimas.htm Entry for Mimas]." ''Views of the Solar System'', 2001. Accessed June 13, 2008.</ref> | | |discname=[[William Herschel]]<ref name=usgs/><ref name=Hamilton>Hamilton, Calvin J. "[http://www.solarviews.com/eng/mimas.htm Entry for Mimas]." ''Views of the Solar System'', 2001. Accessed June 13, 2008.</ref> |
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| | [[Voyager 1]] was the first to visit and photograph Mimas. In the process, Voyager 1 discovered the Herschel crater. | | [[Voyager 1]] was the first to visit and photograph Mimas. In the process, Voyager 1 discovered the Herschel crater. |
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| − | The [[Cassini Huygens Mission|Cassini]] orbiter has taken many more images of much higher quality. Its closest rendezvous with Mimas took place on August 2, 2005. No further rendezvous are currently planned. | + | The [[Cassini-Huygens Mission|Cassini]] orbiter has taken many more images of much higher quality. Its closest rendezvous with Mimas took place on August 2, 2005. No further rendezvous are currently planned. |
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| | == Gallery == | | == Gallery == |