Space gadget Cassini finds the Death Star!
Soon after going into orbit around Saturn, the Cassini space probe returned its best look yet at the heavily
cratered moon Mimas (which has a diameter of 398 kilometers, 247 miles across). The enormous crater at the top of this
image, named Herschel, is about 130 kilometers (80 miles) wide and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep, and has earned Mimas
the nickname "The Death Star".
Luke, you're our only hope.
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Obi Wan @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM
It's a space station
Will Duquette @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM
Voyager found it first, a many many years ago. (He said, pedantically.)
Chewie @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM
"That's no moon..."
Dave M. @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM
I was hoping that someone would remember that this moon was photographed a while back. I'm actually surprised that no one made comments like this back then. :/
MMB @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM
Negative geek points for getting a simple Star Wars quote wrong! Repeat after me: "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi; you're my only hope."
Crimson King @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM
The comment WAS made back then ... it's just that now we have a NEXT GENERATION ... ;-)
Gunsolo @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM
"thats no moon...
its a space station?"
"Its too big to be a space station!"
"Ive got a bad feeling about this..."