Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A satellite of Saturn.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The innermost and smallest of the satellites of Saturn, revolving about its primary in 22 hours 37 minutes.
- noun [lowercase] In zoology, a golden-green South American beetle, Scarabæus mimas.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun mythology A son of
Gaia ; one of theGigantes . - proper noun astronomy The innermost of
Saturn 's classicalsatellites , marked by a giant impactcrater (Herschel) on its surface.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The March 2009 edition of Focus on Mimas is now available.
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Mimas is a national data centre, supported by JISC and ESRC, and based at The University of Manchester, England
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The December 2007 edition of Focus on Mimas is now available.
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The December 2007 edition of Focus on Mimas is now available.
December 2007 2007
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Mimas is a national data centre, supported by JISC and ESRC, and based at The University of Manchester, England
December 2007 2007
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Mimas is a national data centre, supported by JISC and ESRC, and based at The University of Manchester, England
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Death Star: Mimas, which is only 250 miles across, has a distinctive scar - the Herschel Crater - which has led to comparisons with the Star Wars space station
Home | Mail Online 2010
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Death Star: Mimas, which is only 250 miles across, has a distinctive scar - the Herschel Crater - which has led to comparisons with the Star Wars space station
Home | Mail Online 2010
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Click on the picture for a larger version. closest look yet at Saturn's moon Mimas, which is nicknamed the "Death Star" because of its curious crater.
Cosmic Log Alan Boyle 2010
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My latest splognerizer "Mimas" exclusively edited for Sister Phunk:
Mimas podcast splogman 2010
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