Herschel (Mimantean crater)
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For other craters in the Solar System named Herschel, see Herschel (crater).
1.38°S 111.76°W / -1.38; -111.76[1]
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.