Mimantean

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1. human sciencesOf or relating to the giant Mimas in Greek mythology

   Draughts from the fount of Nile [...] or the steep Mimantian height, Snow-capped

   1908, Jane Ellen Harrison, “Orphic Mysteries”, in Prolegomena to the study of Greek religion, page 514

2. astronomyOf or relating to the Saturnian moon named for Mimas

   a global thermal event early in Mimantian history erased all record of ancient impacts

   2011, Paul M. Schenk, “Geology of Mimas?”, in 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

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   This is puzzling because Mimas is closer to Saturn than Enceladus, and the Mimantean orbit is much more eccentric (out of round) than the Enceladean orbit.

   2008, Samantha Harvey (NASA/JPL), Solar System Exploration, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2009, page Saturn: Moons: Mimas

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1. fictionAn inhabitant of the Saturnian moon Mimas

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   I went back to the grind of reviewing that day's Cassini photographs. Imagine my shock when I noticed that Mimas, one of the inner moons of Saturn, had acquired a concave depression in it since the last fly-by! Of course, I immediately realized that the Mimanteans had constructed a fully armed and operational Death Star!

   2010 February 19, Hulles, “Mimas!”, in sardonic postmodern humor