Herschel (Mimantean crater)

1.38°S 111.76°W / -1.38; -111.76

The crater Herschel on Mimas, as imaged by Cassini
The antipode of Herschel, with fractures (chasmata) possibly caused by Herschel's creation. Near the top, Ossa Chasma runs left of the double crater Gwynevere (upper left) and Launcelot.
For other craters in the Solar System named Herschel, see Herschel (crater).

Herschel (/ˈhɜːrʃəl/) is a large impact crater in the leading hemisphere of the Saturnian moon Mimas, centered on the equator at 112° longitude. It is named after the 18th-century astronomer William Herschel, who discovered Mimas in 1789.

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