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Is Mimas Hiding Pac-Man? 99

cremeglace writes "Shaped into the likes of the Death Star of Star Wars fame by the giant crater Herschel, 396-kilometer-diameter Mimas was expected to have its warmest surface temperatures on the equator, where it was early afternoon. Instead, it was warmest in the morning (all of 92 K), giving rise in the science team's temperature-calibrated color scheme to a very large Pac-Man."
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Is Mimas Hiding Pac-Man?

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  • Re:where is it? (Score:3, Informative)

    by idontgno ( 624372 ) on Tuesday March 30, 2010 @01:22PM (#31673768) Journal

    Lordy, we can't even RTFS?

    Shaped into the likes of the Death Star of Star Wars fame by the giant crater Herschel, 396-kilometer-diameter Mimas

    Or are you claiming you've never heard of Mimas [wikipedia.org]?

    Please surrender you Geek Credentials NOW. Astronomy is not an optional affiliated specialization.

  • by Mindcontrolled ( 1388007 ) on Tuesday March 30, 2010 @01:53PM (#31674334)
    Sounds interesting. From another, not extremely more informative source, I got at least the temperature range - the bright yellow is at about 93K, the blue is colder at 77K. The center of Herschel crater is at about 84K. To hell with productivity - let's find out how this works... :)

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