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Tiny Mimas, huge rings

Tiny Mimas, huge rings
Tiny Mimas, huge rings The moon Mimas is barely more than a dot below Saturn’s rings in this image captured by Cassini in 2016. Saturn’s rings are generally no thicker than a house, and have just 40% the mass of Mimas. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute