PULL · 25 APR 1999

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your sky.

Mimas: Small Moon with a Big Crater

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COSMIC MESSAGE

Mimas is a small moon of Saturn, mostly made of water ice with some rock. It has a remarkably large impact crater, named Herschel, after its discoverer, William Herschel. If the impact had been much stronger, it would have destroyed the entire moon. Mimas' low gravity is just enough to pull it into a sphere, but weak enough to allow such a prominent surface feature.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 25 APR 1999 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 25 APR 1999.

THE ALMANAC FOR 25 APR 1999
DAY
Sunday
MOON
Waxing gibbous, 72% lit
POSITION
Day 115 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Lyrid shower, peaked 3 days ago