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Mimas (disambiguation)

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Mimas is a moon of Saturn marked by a giant crater on its surface.

Mimas may also refer to:

  • Mimas (Giant), son of Gaia in Greek mythology, one of the Gigantes
  • Mimas (Aeneid), a son of Amycus and Theono, born the same night as Paris, who escorted Aeneas to Italy
  • Karaburun, a town and district in Turkey, formerly called Mimas in reference to the Giant
  • Mimas (moth), a genus of hawk moths
  • Mimas (data centre), a UK national academic data centre at the University of Manchester
  • Mimas, a centaur mentioned in the archaic Greek epic poem, the Shield of Heracles, at line 182
  • Mimas, grandfather of Aeolus, the keeper of the winds in Homer's Odyssey

Pronounced with a final /z/ sound, it may be:

  • Mima mounds, the unexplained geological formations found on the Mima Prairie, as well as other locations
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