Mimas

moon of Saturn
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Mimas
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Mimas

Summary

Mimas is a moon of Saturn[1]. Mimas ranks in the top 5% of moon_of_saturn entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,231 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mimas is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].
  • Mimas's video is recorded as Mimas-small2.gif[4].
  • Mimas's image is recorded as Mimas Cassini.jpg[5].
  • Mimas's instance of is recorded as moon of Saturn[6].
  • Mimas's instance of is recorded as regular moon[7].
  • Mimas is named after Mimas[8].
  • Mimas's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2007003336[9].
  • Mimas's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Mimas symbol (fixed width).svg[10].
  • Mimas's Commons category is recorded as Mimas[11].
  • Mimas's parent astronomical body is recorded as Saturn[12].
  • Mimas's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1789-09-17T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Mimas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01dn99[14].
  • Mimas's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mimas (moon)[15].
  • Mimas's Commons gallery is recorded as Mimas (moon)[16].
  • Mimas's spoken text audio is recorded as Mimas (moon).ogg[17].
  • Mimas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0196'}[18].
  • Mimas's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}[19].
  • Mimas's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0042566[20].
  • Mimas's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • Mimas's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[22].
  • Mimas's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Mimas[23].
  • Mimas's topic has template is recorded as Template:GeoTemplate/mimas[24].
  • Mimas's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7031570[25].
  • Mimas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.574'}[26].
  • Mimas's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+1.149'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Mimas is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3]. Things named for Mimas include Mimas Peak[28], a mountain[29].

Why It Matters

Mimas ranks in the top 5% of moon_of_saturn entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,231 views/month).[2] Mimas has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Mimas is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Mimas include Mimas Peak[28], a mountain[29].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . ciclops.org. ciclops.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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