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Table 2

Transition diameters and largest impactor and crater.

Satellite D l D d m D m d m D m
s2 = 2.5 s2 = 2.5 s2 = 3.5 s2 = 3.5

Mimas 0.254 44.8 0.7 24.8 4.3 113.4
Enceladus 0.101 25.2 0.9 23.8 4.9 102.3
Tethys 0.129 19.5 2.4 59.3 8.6 184.5
Dione 0.054 12.3 2.3 46.6 8.6 145.2
Rhea 0.057 10.9 3.2 60.7 10.3 169.9
Iapetus 0.076 12.8 1.8 30.1 7.3 103.1

Notes.Dl (from strength to gravity regime) and D (from simple to complex craters), diameter of the largest impactor: dm and of the corresponding largest crater: Dm, on the surface of each Satellite caused by the Centaur population, all in [km].

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