July 28, 2004

Jew Moon

Soon after orbital insertion, Cassini returned its best look yet at the heavily cratered moon Mimas (398 kilometers, 247 miles across). The enormous crater at the top of this image, named Herschel, is about 130 kilometers (80 miles) wide and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep.

Somewhere, a Jewish mother is very proud of her astronomer son.

Either that, or she's still telling him, "You know, it's not too late to become a lawyer."

Update: Apparently, Mimas was discovered in 1789 by Sir William Herschel, a Jew, who also discovered Uranus. Most likely, his mother has long since passed away.

And it is too late for him to become a lawyer.

Posted July 28, 2004 11:33 AM