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Saturn moon Mimas resembles the fictional Death Star

The giant Herschel crater covers one third of the lunar diameter

Saturn's icy moon Mimas features a giant impact crater named Herschel that spans 130 kilometres across, which is nearly one third of the moon's total diameter. The central peak and raised rim give Mimas a striking visual resemblance to the Death Star space station from Star Wars.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The giant Herschel crater covers one third of the lunar diameter. The figure is taken from NASA Science, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a space fact?: Yes. It sits on the Space shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.