Mimas is a moon of Saturn which was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel. It is named after Mimas a son of Gaia in Greek mythology and is also designated Saturn I.With a diameter of 396 kilometres (246 mi) it is the twentieth-largest moon in the Solar System and is the smallest astronomical body that is known to be rounded in shape because of self-gravitation.
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