Saturn XIII
E661541
Saturn XIII is the Roman numeral designation for Telesto, a small Trojan moon of Saturn that shares its orbit with the larger moon Tethys.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
moon of Saturn
ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ |
| belongsToPlanetarySystem |
Saturn system
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Solar System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogDesignation | S/1980 S 13 ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Bradford A. Smith
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ⓘ
Harold J. Reitsema NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Fountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen M. Larson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredUsing | Voyager 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1980-04-08 ⓘ |
| hasAlbedo | ~0.8 ⓘ |
| hasAxialTilt | ~0 degrees ⓘ |
| hasCompanionTrojan | Calypso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDiameter | ~24.8 km ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveryMission | Voyager program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEscapeVelocity | ~0.011 km/s ⓘ |
| hasIAUNumbering | Saturn XIII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMeanDensity | ~0.5 g/cm³ ⓘ |
| hasMeanRadius | ~12.4 km ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalAssociation | Oceanid Telesto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasName | Telesto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNamingAuthority | International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalDirection | prograde ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalEccentricity | ~0.0002 ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalInclination | ~1.2 degrees to Saturn’s equator ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalPeriod | ~1.8878 days ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalPosition | leading Trojan of Tethys ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalResonanceType | 1:1 co-orbital ⓘ |
| hasParentBody | Saturn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRotationPeriod | synchronous with its orbital period ⓘ |
| hasSemiMajorAxis | ~294,660 km ⓘ |
| hasShape | irregular ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceColor | bright, neutral to slightly bluish ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceComposition | water ice-rich ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceGravity | ~0.003 m/s² ⓘ |
| isObservedBy | Cassini–Huygens spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOfGroup | Tethys Trojan moons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTidallyLockedTo | Saturn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTrojanOf | Tethys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Telesto from Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbits | Saturn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitsAtSimilarDistanceAs | Tethys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesOrbitWith | Tethys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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