Telesto

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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