Tethys Trojan moons

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The Tethys Trojan moons are small natural satellites of Saturn that share the same orbit as the larger moon Tethys, residing near its stable Lagrange points.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Telesto 0
Calypso 0
Tethys 0

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Trojan moon
co-orbital satellites
group of natural satellites
major moon
natural satellite
areComposedPrimarilyOf water ice (inferred, like many small Saturnian moons)
areCoOrbitalWith Tethys NERFINISHED
areGravitationallyBoundTo Saturn NERFINISHED
areInMeanMotionResonanceWith Tethys NERFINISHED
areLocatedAt L4 and L5 Lagrange points of Tethys
areLocatedIn outer Solar System
areMuchSmallerThan Tethys NERFINISHED
areObservedBy Cassini spacecraft NERFINISHED
arePartOf natural satellites of Saturn
belongsToPlanetarySystem Saturnian system NERFINISHED
Saturnian system NERFINISHED
belongTo Solar System NERFINISHED
belongToPlanetarySystem Saturnian system NERFINISHED
discoveredBy Bradford A. Smith NERFINISHED
Dan Pascu NERFINISHED
Douglas G. Currie NERFINISHED
Harold J. Reitsema NERFINISHED
John W. Fountain NERFINISHED
P. Kenneth Seidelmann NERFINISHED
Stephen M. Larson NERFINISHED
William A. Baum NERFINISHED
discoveryMethod ground-based telescope imaging
ground-based telescope imaging
discoveryYear 1980
1980
hasShape irregular
irregular
hasTrojanMoons Calypso NERFINISHED
Telesto NERFINISHED
haveDynamicalType Trojan moon
haveMembers Calypso NERFINISHED
Telesto NERFINISHED
haveOrbitalConfiguration Trojan
haveOrbitalPeriodEqualTo orbital period of Tethys
isCoOrbitalWith Tethys NERFINISHED
Tethys NERFINISHED
orbits Saturn NERFINISHED
Saturn NERFINISHED
Saturn NERFINISHED
Saturn NERFINISHED
resideNear Lagrange points of Tethys
residesNear Tethys L4 Lagrange point NERFINISHED
Tethys L5 Lagrange point NERFINISHED
shareOrbitWith Tethys NERFINISHED
surfaceComposition water ice (inferred)
water ice (inferred)
wereDiscoveredBy Cassini–Huygens mission (via imaging) NERFINISHED

Referenced by (1)

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Calypso belongsToGroup Tethys Trojan moons