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Image of the Day: Saturn’s “Death Star Moon” –Hosts One of the Largest Impact Craters in the Solar System
Thursday, July 25, 2013 17:25
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Saturn’s moon Pandora looms behind Mimas, the “Death Star moon,” in this photo from NASA’s Cassini mission that highlights Mimas’ huge 86 mile (139 kilometer) wide circular Herschel Crater –the scar of a violent, giant impact from the past. The diameter of the crater is about one-third that of the entire moon.
Photo from NASA’s Cassini mission
The walls of the crater are about 5 kilometers (3 miles) high, and parts of the floor are approximately 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep.
The Daily Galaxy via JPL/NASA
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