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That’s No Moon…

December 19, 2004 by dafyd

…it’s a space station!

Saturn's moon Mimas

I happened across this photo of Saturn’s moon Mimas, which looks surprisingly similar to the Death Star from Star Wars, taken by the probe Cassini. Mimas is 398 km (247 miles) across, and that’s not a superlaser you see, but a giant crater called Herschel, which is a third the size of the moon itself.

Here’s a picture of the ‘real’ Death Star for you to compare it too…

Death Star


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