Natural Satellite
Mimas
Mimas is currently about 1,262,927,808 kilometres from Earth, or 8.442 astronomical units, which puts a one-way radio signal 70.2 minutes out. It is 9.432 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
- 1,262,927,808 km (8.442 AU)
- Distance from the Sun
- 1,411,015,534 km (9.432 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 70.2 minutes
The body
- Mean radius
- 198 km
- Orbital radius
- 185,539 km
- Orbital period
- 0.94 days