page_title: Mimas (moon)
section_title: Exploration
hierarchical_section_title: Mimas (moon) / Exploration
caption_attribution_description: Image of Mimas, moon of Saturn taken by the Cassini probe on August 1, 2005 at approximately 189,410 kilometres away.
context_page_description: Mimas is one of Saturn's largest moons. It is also called Saturn I. Mimas is best known for its large crater, Herschel. In the centre of the crater is a very high mountain. Mimas was discovered by the English astronomer William Herschel on September 17, 1789. The moon is believed to have created the Cassini Division. This is a 4,800 km gap between Saturn's A and B rings.
context_section_description: Mimas has been visited by 4 or 5 spacecrafts.
  Pioneer 11
  Voyager 1
  Voyager 2
  Cassini
caption: Mimas from Cassini in January 2005
exif: {"Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS Windows", "Image DateTime": "2005:08:03 12:59:39", "Image ExifOffset": "164", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "302", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "6129", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "418", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "418"}