Mimas
Mimas (Saturn I) One of the major satellites of Saturn, with a radius of 198.8 km; mass 0.375 × 1020 kg; mean density 1140 kg/m3; visual albedo 0.5. It was discovered in 1789 by Sir William Herschel.
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