Saturns moon Mimas

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by DavidGP, Feb 12, 2005.

  1. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Looks spookily like a DeathStar :D

    http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/9999/99996999F1.JPG

    Saturn's diminutive moon, Mimas, poses as the Death Star - the planet-destroying space station from the movie Star Wars - in an image recently captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

    A giant crater 138 kilometres across dominates the landscape of Mimas and represents almost one-third of the moon's diameter.

    Scientists first noticed Mimas's resemblance to the Death Star when the twin Voyager spacecraft flew past Saturn in 1980 and 1981. The second film in the movie series - The Empire Strikes Back - had just hit movie theatres, recalls Cassini deputy project scientist Linda Spilker.


    Rest of story @ New Scientist
     
  2. i_wanna_corndog

    i_wanna_corndog Specialist

    LOL, that's pretty good, star17... :cool:
     
  3. MrPewty

    MrPewty MajorGeek

    Is that the owner of Jack in the Box sat at the console?
     

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