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How did we get Mimas so wrong?
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We used to think Mimas was a dead world, famous only for the massive crater that gives the moon an uncanny resemblance to the Death Star. But in 2024, scientists discovered a secret hidden beneath its battered shell: a vast, liquid ocean we didn’t know existed. Join us to find out what’s really happening inside Saturn’s most surprising moon.



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0:00 The Death Star Moon
2:00 Herschel Crater
6:36 Pac-Man Boundary
9:24 Splitting Saturn’s Rings
12:08 Mimas vs Enceladus
15:00 Hidden Ocean
18:07 Could Mimas Have Life?



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References:
“Saturn’s Moon Mimas - NASA Science”, via science.nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/mimas
“Mimas Large Impact Structure”, via jpl.nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/mimascrater
“Recently Formed Ocean Inside Mimas”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/mimasocean
“Examining Herschel Crater”, via science.nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/herschelcrater
“Minimal Relaxation of Herschel Crater & Young Ocean on Mimas”, via usra.edu https://astrumspace.info/herschel2
“Surface Temperature Variations on Mimas”, via.harvard.edu https://astrumspace.info/pacman1
“Cassini: The Great Divide”, via science.nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/greatdivide
“The Mimas Paradox”, via usra.edu https://astrumspace.info/mimasparadox
“Constraints on Mimas from Libration”, via science.org https://astrumspace.info/mimaslibration
“Saturn’s Moon Mimas May Have a Vast Hidden Ocean”, via nih.gov https://astrumspace.info/mimasocean2



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Credits:
Writer: Poppy Pinnock
Video Editor: Nick Shishkin
Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava
Script Editor: Damaris McColgan
Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard
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Production Manager: Raquel Taylor
Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock
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Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan



With special thanks to:
NASA/ESO/ESA



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