Mimas Comparison Table

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Mimas comparison table

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natural satellite satellite Body orbiting a planet. Since 1957 the term has also been applied to man-made (artificial) satellites; many astronomers make the distinction by calling natural satellites moons (and the Earth's natural satellite the Moon).

Mimas 1789 Saturn natural satellite R ≈ 250 km P = 0^d.94 0.49 The second innermost satellite of Saturn. The perturbations of Mimas and Janus produce the divisions in Saturn's rings. Herschel

Subject	has dicovery date	is part of	is a kind of	is an instance of	has radiu	has orbital period	has albedo	has definition	has discoverer
natural satellite			satellite					Body orbiting a planet. Since 1957 the term has also been applied to man-made (artificial) satellites; many astronomers make the distinction by calling natural satellites moons (and the Earth's natural satellite the Moon).
Mimas	1789	Saturn		natural satellite	R ≈ 250 km	P = 0^d.94	0.49	The second innermost satellite of Saturn. The perturbations of Mimas and Janus produce the divisions in Saturn's rings.	Herschel

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