Natural Satellite
Mimas
Mimas is currently about 1,293,821,635 kilometres from Earth, or 8.649 astronomical units, which puts a one-way radio signal 71.9 minutes out. It is 9.446 astronomical units from the Sun.
A small icy moon dominated by the enormous Herschel crater, giving it a famous resemblance to a certain space station.
Cassini data revealed evidence of a young ocean beneath its surface.
Right now
- Distance from Earth
- 1,293,821,635 km (8.649 AU)
- Distance from the Sun
- 1,413,136,367 km (9.446 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 71.9 minutes
The body
- Mean radius
- 198 km
- Orbital radius
- 185,539 km
- Orbital period
- 0.94 days