Tag: moons

• 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