Telesto

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Trojan moon astronomical object moon of Saturn natural satellite

Telesto is a small Trojan moon of Saturn that shares Tethys’s orbit, residing at one of its stable Lagrange points.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Telesto canonical 3
Telesto (mythology) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Trojan moon ⓘ
astronomical object ⓘ
moon of Saturn ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedo high ⓘ
belongsTo Saturnian system ⓘ
surface form: Saturnian moons
belongsToPlanetarySystem Saturnian system ⓘ
catalogDesignation Saturn XIII ⓘ
celestialBodyOf Saturn ⓘ
coOrbitalWith Calypso ⓘ
Tethys ⓘ
craterDensity low ⓘ
diameter_km 24.8 ⓘ
discoveredBy Bradford A. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harold J. Reitsema ⓘ
John W. Fountain ⓘ
Stephen M. Larson ⓘ
discoveredUsing ground-based telescope ⓘ
discoveryDate 1980-04-08 ⓘ
discoverySite Earth-based observatories ⓘ
discoveryYear 1980 ⓘ
exploredBy Cassini–Huygens ⓘ
flybyBy Cassini–Huygens ⓘ
surface form: Cassini spacecraft
gravitationalBindingTo Saturn ⓘ
isPartOf Solar System ⓘ
LagrangePointType L4 ⓘ
locatedAt leading L4 Lagrange point of Tethys ⓘ
meanDensity_g_per_cm3 approximately 0.5 ⓘ
meanRadius_km 12.4 ⓘ
memberOf Tethys Trojan group ⓘ
namedAfter Telesto self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Telesto (mythology)

Telesto, a sea nymph in Greek mythology ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity low ⓘ
orbitalInclination_deg 1.2 ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days 1.8878 ⓘ
orbitalResonanceWith Tethys ⓘ
orbits Saturn ⓘ
parentPlanet Saturn ⓘ
provisionalDesignation S/1980 S 13 ⓘ
rotationPeriod synchronous with orbital period ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km 294660 ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
sharesOrbitWith Tethys ⓘ
surfaceColor bright ⓘ
surfaceComposition water ice ⓘ
surfaceFeatureType smooth ⓘ
synchronousRotationWith Saturn ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tethys → hasCoOrbitalMoon → Telesto ⓘ
Tethys → trojanMoonOf → Telesto ⓘ
Telesto → namedAfter → Telesto self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Telesto (mythology)
Calypso → coOrbitalWith → Telesto ⓘ