Mimas
Herschel is so large relative to Mimas that it becomes the moon's dominant visual fact.
Mondes lointains
Branche de recherche
Saturn's Moons
Saturn's moons deserve a separate branch: Mimas, Tethys, Iapetus, and Titan differ in material, scale, and visual drama.
Logique du groupe
The Cassini world: icy surfaces, giant bowls, and moons where one crater can define an entire body.
For Saturn's system, the present becomes an archive of the future: today's profile records not only crater form but how future missions may reinterpret icy surfaces.
Tous les cratères lointainsTethys
Odysseus shows how a huge impact can remain legible on a small icy body without terrestrial-style erosion.
Iapetus
Iapetus adds the theme of contrast: craters are read across bright and dark surface materials.
Titan
Titan matters as an exception: dense atmosphere and active surfaces make craters rare and scientifically valuable.
Cratères de cette famille
Fiches initiales extensibles
Aperçu visuelPalette: icy turquoise, deep space, and distant moonsHerschel on Mimas
A giant crater on Saturn's moon Mimas, so large it nearly defines the small world's appearance.
- Diamètre
- 139 km
- Coordinates
- 1.380° S, 111.760° W
- Age
- ancient impact feature
- Source baseline
- nasa-images
- Confidence
- needs enrichment
MéthodeReverse reconstructionBidirectional analysis
Open record
Aperçu visuelPalette: icy turquoise, deep space, and distant moonsOdysseus on Tethys
One of Tethys's largest craters, comparable in scale to the visual identity of the moon itself.
- Diamètre
- 445 km
- Coordinates
- 32.820° N, 128.890° W
- Age
- ancient impact basin
- Source baseline
- gazetteer
- Confidence
- high
MéthodeReverse reconstructionBidirectional analysis
Open record
Aperçu visuelPalette: icy turquoise, deep space, and distant moonsTurgis on Iapetus
A large crater on Iapetus, interesting against the moon's strong contrast between bright and dark terrains.
- Diamètre
- 580 km
- Coordinates
- 16.900° N, 28.400° W
- Age
- ancient large crater
- Source baseline
- gazetteer
- Confidence
- needs enrichment
MéthodeReverse reconstructionBidirectional analysis
Open record
Aperçu visuelPalette: icy turquoise, deep space, and distant moonsMenrva on Titan
One of Titan's few large craters, important because of the moon's dense atmosphere and active surface.
- Diamètre
- 392 km
- Coordinates
- 20.100° N, 87.200° W
- Age
- rare large Titan crater
- Source baseline
- gazetteer
- Confidence
- high
MéthodeReverse reconstructionBidirectional analysis
Open record