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Mimas

Pronunciation: /ˈmʌɪmas, -məs/

Astronomy
Definition of Mimas
  • a satellite of Saturn, the seventh closest to the planet, which has a crater a third of its whole diameter. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1789 (diameter 390 km).

Origin:

named after a giant in Greek mythology

Mimas in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Mimas in the US English dictionary
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