Tethys Trojan group

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The Tethys Trojan group is a set of small moons that share Saturn’s moon Tethys’ orbit, residing near its stable Lagrange points.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Telesto 0
Calypso 0
Tethys 0

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Trojan moon group
Trojan moon of Tethys
group of natural satellites
major moon of Saturn
natural satellite
belongsTo Saturnian Trojan moons NERFINISHED
celestialBodyType co-orbital moons
gravitationallyPerturbedBy Saturn NERFINISHED
Tethys NERFINISHED
other Saturnian moons
hasCentralBody Saturn NERFINISHED
hasDiscoveryContext discovered via Earth-based telescopic observations
hasDynamicalClassification Trojan satellites
hasMember Calypso NERFINISHED
Telesto NERFINISHED
hasNamingConvention members named after characters from Greek mythology
hasObservationSource Cassini–Huygens mission NERFINISHED
Voyager missions NERFINISHED
hasOrbitalCharacteristic low orbital eccentricity
low orbital inclination
same semi-major axis as Tethys
hasOrbitalPlane near Saturn’s equatorial plane
hasOrbitalResonanceType 1:1 mean-motion resonance with Tethys
hasPrimary Tethys NERFINISHED
hasTrojanGroup Tethys Trojan group NERFINISHED
locatedIn Saturnian system NERFINISHED
memberOf Tethys Trojan group NERFINISHED
Tethys Trojan group NERFINISHED
natural satellites of Saturn
orbits Saturn NERFINISHED
Saturn NERFINISHED
Saturn NERFINISHED
Saturn NERFINISHED
residesNear L4 Lagrange point of Tethys
L4 Lagrange point of Tethys
L5 Lagrange point of Tethys NERFINISHED
L5 Lagrange point of Tethys
sharesOrbitWith Tethys NERFINISHED
Tethys NERFINISHED
Tethys NERFINISHED
stabilityReason gravitational equilibrium at Tethys’ Lagrange points

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Telesto memberOf Tethys Trojan group