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Halloween Pictures: Ten Spooky Objects in Outer Space

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« on: October 30, 2011, 04:15:50 am »



The Death Star

Image courtesy SSI/NASA

Despite this small moon's ominous appearance, the Millennium Falcon would have nothing to fear from Mimas, a member of Saturn's family of natural satellites.

The huge crater that led to Mimas's Star Wars nickname is called Herschel. At about 80 miles (130 kilometers) across, the crater covers roughly a third of the moon's diameter.

In fact, astronomers think the impact that formed the basin must have come close to shattering the 250-mile-wide (400-kilometer-wide) moon.

(Also see "The Star Wars Worlds: More Science Than Fiction?")

Published October 27, 2011
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