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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
Feature Information

Mimas: Herschel

See Crater, craters in the descriptor terms page for additional information.

Direction of Increasing Longitude: west
Longitude Range: 0.0° to 360.0°

Feature Name	Herschel
Latitude	2.9°
Longitude	109.5°
Starting Latitude	-18°
Starting Longitude	83°
Ending Latitude	22.5°
Ending Longitude	124.8°
Diameter	0 KM
Continent	Europe
Ethnicity	Great Britain
Map
Quadrangle
Approval Status	5: Adopted by IAU
Approval Year	1982
Reference	Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, by Keith Baines; Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York, 1962.
Origin	William; German-British astronomer; discovered Mimas and Enceladus (1738-1822).

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