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  • The Death Star moon has a weird interior

    Saturn’s small moon Mimas is best known for the giant crater Herschel, which makes it look like the Death Star. However, a new study based on Cassini data shows that its interior is weird too. While Mimas presents the same face to Saturn due to tidal-locking (just like the Moon does with Earth), it rocks…

    Matthew R. Francis

    October 22, 2014
    Astronomy
    Mimas, moons, planetary science
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