Tiny Mimas Beneath the Rings

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Here's a cool picture taken by Cassini of Saturn and one of its moons, Mimas - 397 kilometers (247 miles) across. If you look really closely, Mimas is that grey dot down near the bottom right-hand corner of the picture. Cassini took this photo on May 11, 2007 when it was approximately 720,000 kilometers (448,000 miles) from Saturn.

NASA/JPL/SSI News Release

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.