Mimas size and scale context

Mimas is a small icy moon of Saturn dominated by the enormous Herschel crater. NASA notes that the impact that made Herschel may have come close to shattering the moon, leaving one of the most disproportionate giant craters in the Solar System. Read its scale context, comparisons, and journey links on the canonical object page.

67P/Churyumov–GerasimenkoComet nucleus·6 km
DeimosSmall irregular moon·12 km
Crab PulsarNeutron star·20 km
ErosS-type near-Earth asteroid·34 km
Cygnus X-1Stellar black hole·120 km
PhoebeCaptured irregular moon·213 km
MimasIcy moon·396 km
EnceladusIcy ocean moon·500 km

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