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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>
[[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.
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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