List of geological features on Mimas
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This is a list of named geological features on Mimas
, a moon that orbits the planet Saturn
. Mimantean features are named after people and places in Arthurian legend or the legends of the Titans
. The sole exception to this is Herschel Crater, named after William Herschel
, the astronomer who discovered Mimas in 1789. That name was chosen before the International Astronomical Union
set a guideline for naming geological features on Mimas.
.
s of Mimas are named after characters in Arthurian legend.
is named after a location in Arthurian legend.
Mimas (moon)
Mimas is a moon of Saturn which was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel. It is named after Mimas, a son of Gaia in Greek mythology, and is also designated Saturn I....
, a moon that orbits the planet Saturn
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn, equated to the Greek Cronus , the Babylonian Ninurta and the Hindu Shani. Saturn's astronomical symbol represents the Roman god's sickle.Saturn,...
. Mimantean features are named after people and places in Arthurian legend or the legends of the Titans
Titan (mythology)
In Greek mythology, the Titans were a race of powerful deities, descendants of Gaia and Uranus, that ruled during the legendary Golden Age....
. The sole exception to this is Herschel Crater, named after William Herschel
William Herschel
Sir Frederick William Herschel, KH, FRS, German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel was a German-born British astronomer, technical expert, and composer. Born in Hanover, Wilhelm first followed his father into the Military Band of Hanover, but emigrated to Britain at age 19...
, the astronomer who discovered Mimas in 1789. That name was chosen before the International Astronomical Union
International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union IAU is a collection of professional astronomers, at the Ph.D. level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy...
set a guideline for naming geological features on Mimas.
Chasms
Mimas' chasmata are named after locations in Arthurian legend and the legends of the TitansTitan (mythology)
In Greek mythology, the Titans were a race of powerful deities, descendants of Gaia and Uranus, that ruled during the legendary Golden Age....
.
| Chasma | Named after | Pronounced |
|---|---|---|
| Avalon Chasma | Avalon Avalon Avalon is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend. It first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 1136 pseudohistorical account Historia Regum Britanniae as the place where King Arthur's sword Excalibur was forged and later where Arthur was... |
ˈævəlɒn |
| Camelot Chasma | Camelot Camelot Camelot is a castle and court associated with the legendary King Arthur. Absent in the early Arthurian material, Camelot first appeared in 12th-century French romances and eventually came to be described as the fantastic capital of Arthur's realm and a symbol of the Arthurian world... |
/ˈkæmɨlɒt/ |
| Oeta Chasma | Oeta | /ˈiːtə/ |
| Ossa Chasma | Ossa | /ˈɒsə/ |
| Pangea Chasma | Pangea | /pænˈdʒiːə/ |
| Pelion Chasma | Pelion Pelion Pelion or Pelium is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in central Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea... |
/ˈpiːliən/ |
Craters
With the exception of Herschel, the craterImpact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
s of Mimas are named after characters in Arthurian legend.
| Crater | Named after | Pronounced |
|---|---|---|
| Accolon | Accolon Accolon In Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur, when King Arthur entrusted Excalibur into Morgan le Fay's care, she had a duplicate made; the real scabbard was then passed from her to her lover Accalon .... |
ˈækəlɒn |
| Arthur | King Arthur King Arthur King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to Medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and... |
/ˈɑrθər/ |
| Balin | Sir Balin Sir Balin Sir Balin le Savage , also known as the Knight with the Two Swords, is a character in the Arthurian legend. Merlin told King Arthur he would have been his best and bravest knight. A knight before the Round Table was formed, Sir Balin hails from Northumberland, and is associated with Sir Balan, his... |
/ˈbeɪlɨn/ |
| Ban | King Ban King Ban In Arthurian legend, Ban is the King of Benwick or Benoic. He is the father of Sir Lancelot and Sir Hector de Maris, the brother of King Bors, and an early ally of King Arthur.Ban's wife Elaine is the sister to King Bors' wife Evaine... |
/ˈbæn/ |
| Bedivere | Bedivere Bedivere In Arthurian legend, Sir Bedivere is the Knight of the Round Table who returns Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake. He serves as King Arthur's marshal and is frequently associated with Sir Kay... |
/ˈbɛdɨvɪər/ |
| Bors | Bors Bors Bors circa 540s-580s, is the name of two knights in the Arthurian legend, one the father and one the son. Bors the Elder is the King of Gaunnes or Gaul during the early period of King Arthur's reign, and is the brother of King Ban of Benoic. Gaunnes is the Fredemundian dynastic kingdom of Neustria... |
/ˈbɔrz/ |
| Dagonet | Dagonet Dagonet Sir Dagonet was King Arthur's well-beloved jester, and a Knight of the Round Table of Arthurian legend. He saw himself as a courageous warrior and would present himself as such. Yet, in reality, he would flee at the slightest provocation... |
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| Dynas | Dinadan Dinadan Sir Dinadan is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend. He is the son of Sir Brunor Senior, the 'Good Knight without Fear,' and brother of Sirs Breunor le Noir and Daniel. A close friend of Tristan, Dinadan is known for his good humor and joking nature... |
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| Elaine | Elaine Elaine (legend) Elaine is a name shared by several different female characters in Arthurian legend.-Elaine of Astolat:Elaine of Astolat, also known in some texts as Elaine the Fair or the Fair Maid of Astolat and as The Lady of Shalott in Lord Alfred Tennyson's same-titled poem, is a maiden who falls in unrequited... |
/ɨˈleɪn/ |
| Gaheris | Gaheris Gaheris Gaheris is a figure of Arthurian legend, a knight of the Round Table, and a son of Morgause and King Lot of Orkney and Lothian. His brothers are Gawain, Agravaine, Gareth and Mordred, a half-brother. His mother is a daughter of Gorlois and Igraine, and a sister of Elaine and Morgan le Fay... |
/ɡəˈhɛrɨs/ |
| Galahad | Galahad Galahad Sir Galahad |Round Table]] and one of the three achievers of the Holy Grail in Arthurian legend. He is the illegitimate son of Lancelot and Elaine of Corbenic, and is renowned for his gallantry and purity. Emerging quite late in the medieval Arthurian tradition, he is perhaps the knightly... |
/ˈɡæləhæd/ |
| Gareth | Gareth Gareth Sir Gareth was a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian Legend. He was the youngest son of Lot and of Morgause, King Arthur's half-sister, thus making him Arthur's nephew, as well as brother to Gawain, Agravain, Gaheris, and half brother of Mordred... |
/ˈɡærəθ/ |
| Gawain | Gawain Gawain Gawain is King Arthur's nephew and a Knight of the Round Table who appears very early in the Arthurian legend's development. He is one of a select number of Round Table members to be referred to as the greatest knight, most notably in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight... |
/ɡəˈweɪn, ˈɡaʊ.ən/ |
| Gwynevere | Guinevere Guinevere Guinevere was the legendary queen consort of King Arthur. In tales and folklore, she was said to have had a love affair with Arthur's chief knight Sir Lancelot... |
/ˈɡwɪnɨvɪər/ |
| Herschel | William Herschel William Herschel Sir Frederick William Herschel, KH, FRS, German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel was a German-born British astronomer, technical expert, and composer. Born in Hanover, Wilhelm first followed his father into the Military Band of Hanover, but emigrated to Britain at age 19... |
/ˈhɜrʃəl/ |
| Igraine | Igraine Igraine Igraine , in Arthurian legend, is the mother of King Arthur. She is also known in Latin as Igerna, in Welsh as Eigyr, in French as Igerne, in Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur as Ygrayne— often modernized as Igraine—and in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival as Arnive... |
/ɪˈɡreɪn/ |
| Iseult | Iseult Iseult Iseult is the name of several characters in the Arthurian story of Tristan and Iseult. The most prominent is Iseult of Ireland, wife of Mark of Cornwall and adulterous lover of Sir Tristan. Her mother, the Queen of Ireland, is also named Iseult... |
/ɪˈsuːlt, ɪˈzuːlt/ |
| Kay | Sir Kay Sir Kay In Arthurian legend, Sir Kay is Sir Ector's son and King Arthur's foster brother and later seneschal, as well as one of the first Knights of the Round Table. In later literature he is known for his acid tongue and bullying, boorish behavior, but in earlier accounts he was one of Arthur's premier... |
/ˈkeɪ/ |
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| Launcelot | Launcelot | /ˈlɔːnsɨlɒt/ |
| Lot | Lot | /ˈlɒt/ |
| Lucas | Sir Lucan Sir Lucan Sir Lucan the Butler is a servant of King Arthur and one of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend. The duties of a "butler" have changed over time; Lucan was supposed to have been in charge of the royal court, along with Bedivere the Marshal and Kay the Seneschal.Lucan is the son... |
/ˈluːkəs, ˈljuːkəs/ |
| Marhaus | Morholt Morholt In Arthurian legend, Morholt is an Irish warrior who demands tribute from King Mark of Cornwall until he is slain by Tristan, Mark's nephew and defender. He appears in almost all versions of the Tristan and Iseult story, beginning with the verse works of Thomas of Britain and Béroul... |
/ˈmɑrhaʊs/ |
| Mark | Mark of Cornwall Mark of Cornwall Mark of Cornwall was a king of Kernow in the early 6th century. He is most famous for his appearance in Arthurian legend as the uncle of Tristan and husband of Iseult, who engage in a secret affair.-The legend:Mark sent Tristan as his proxy to fetch his young bride, the Princess Iseult, from... |
/ˈmɑrk/ |
| Melyodas | Meliodas Meliodas Meliodas or Meliadus is a figure in Arthurian legend, famous as the father of Sir Tristan in the Prose Tristan and subsequent accounts that draw material from it, including the Post-Vulgate Cycle, Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, and the Compilation of Rustichello da Pisa. He was king of Lyoness, and... |
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| Merlin | Merlin | /ˈmɜrlɨn/ |
| Modred | Mordred Mordred Mordred or Modred is a character in the Arthurian legend, known as a notorious traitor who fought King Arthur at the Battle of Camlann, where he was killed and Arthur fatally wounded. Tradition varies on his relationship to Arthur, but he is best known today as Arthur's illegitimate son by his... |
/ˈmoʊdrɛd/ |
| Morgan | Morgan le Fay Morgan le Fay Morgan le Fay , alternatively known as Morgane, Morgaine, Morgana and other variants, is a powerful sorceress in the Arthurian legend. Early works featuring Morgan do not elaborate her character beyond her role as a fay or magician... |
/ˈmɔrɡən/ |
| Nero | Nero | /ˈnɪəroʊ/ |
| Palomides | Palomides | /pæləˈmaɪdiːz/ |
| Pellinore | Pellinore Pellinore King Pellinore is the king of Listenoise or of "the Isles" , according to the Arthurian legend. Son of King Pellam and brother of Kings Pelles and Alain, he is most famous for his endless hunt of the Questing Beast, which he is tracking when King Arthur first meets him... |
/ˈpɛlɨnɔər/ |
| Percivale | Percivale | /ˈpɜrsɨvəl/ |
| Royns | Rience Rience King Rience is a character from Arthurian legend, an enemy of King Arthur in the early years of his reign... |
/ˈrɔɪns/ |
| Tristram | Tristram Tristan Tristan is one of the main characters of the Tristan and Iseult story, a Cornish hero and one of the Knights of the Round Table featuring in the Matter of Britain... |
/ˈtrɪstrəm/ |
| Uther | Uther Pendragon Uther Pendragon Uther Pendragon is a legendary king of sub-Roman Britain and the father of King Arthur.A few minor references to Uther appear in Old Welsh poems, but his biography was first written down by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Historia Regum Britanniae , and Geoffrey's account of the character was used in... |
/ˈuːθər, ˈjuːθər/ |
Crater chains
Mimas's sole named catenaCrater chain
A crater chain is a line of craters along the surface of an astronomical body. The descriptor term for crater chains is catena , as specified by the International Astronomical Union's rules on planetary nomenclature....
is named after a location in Arthurian legend.
| Catena | Named after | Pronounced | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tintagil Catena | Tintagel Tintagel Tintagel is a civil parish and village situated on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The population of the parish is 1,820 people, and the area of the parish is .... |
/tɪnˈtædʒəl/ | formerly Tintagil Chasma |