Mimas

[ mahy-mas, mee- ]

/ ˈmaɪ mæs, ˈmi- /

Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.

Classical Mythology. one of the Gigantes, killed by Hercules.

Roman Legend. a companion of Aeneas, killed by Mezentius.

Example sentences from the Web for mimas

Maybe Mimas is solid, but its core is irregular, like the shape of many asteroids.

Saturn’s Death Star Look-Alike |Matthew R. Francis |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Mimas always presents the same face to Saturn, just as the Moon does to Earth.

Saturn’s Death Star Look-Alike |Matthew R. Francis |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The authors of the new study used data from the Cassini probe orbiting Saturn to measure the libration of Mimas.

Saturn’s Death Star Look-Alike |Matthew R. Francis |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
However, both the Moon and Mimas experience libration wobbling slightly and bringing part of the “far side” into view.

Saturn’s Death Star Look-Alike |Matthew R. Francis |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The final guess is also eminently reasonable: Mimas might have a partly liquid interior.

Saturn’s Death Star Look-Alike |Matthew R. Francis |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Mimas is in the plane of the rings, so they couldn't be obvious.

Question of Comfort |Les Collins
The others—Mimas (the first), Enceladus (the second), and Hyperion (the seventh)—are beyond the reach of all but large telescopes.

Pleasures of the telescope |Garrett Serviss
Our grand finale: landing on Mimas with Saturn rising spectacularly out of the east.

Question of Comfort |Les Collins
Between Erythræ and Hypocremnus is Mimas,77 a lofty mountain, abounding with beasts of chase, and well wooded.

The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3) |Strabo
Mimas had no atmosphere—how could the meteor sound off or burn up?

Question of Comfort |Les Collins

Mimas

/ (ˈmaɪməs, -mæs) /

a satellite of the planet Saturn