Saturn XIV

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Saturn XIV is the numerical designation for Calypso, a small Trojan moon of Saturn that shares Tethys’s orbit.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Calypso 0

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf irregularly shaped body
moon of Saturn
natural satellite
albedo 0.6
belongsToGroup Tethys Trojan moons NERFINISHED
belongsToPlanetarySystem Saturn system
density_g_per_cm3 0.5
discoveredBy Dan Pascu NERFINISHED
Douglas G. Currie NERFINISHED
P. Kenneth Seidelmann NERFINISHED
William A. Baum NERFINISHED
discoveredUsing ground-based telescope
discoveryYear 1980
equatorialRadius_km 15.1
escapeVelocity_m_per_s 11
hasName Calypso NERFINISHED
hasParentBody Saturn NERFINISHED
IAUDesignation Saturn XIV NERFINISHED
imagedBy Cassini–Huygens NERFINISHED
Voyager 2 NERFINISHED
isLagrangianSatelliteOf Tethys NERFINISHED
isPartOf Saturnian satellite system NERFINISHED
librationPoint L5 NERFINISHED
mass_kg 2.5e15
meanRadius_km 10.7
namedAfter Calypso (nymph in Greek mythology) NERFINISHED
orbitalEccentricity 0.0009
orbitalInclination_deg 1.6
orbitalPeriod_days 1.8878
orbits Saturn NERFINISHED
otherTrojanOfTethys Telesto NERFINISHED
polarRadius_km 8.6
provisionalDesignation S/1980 S 25 NERFINISHED
rotationPeriod_days 1.8878
rotationState synchronous rotation
semiMajorAxis_km 294660
sharesOrbitWith Tethys NERFINISHED
surfaceComposition water ice
surfaceFeature blanketing of fine icy material
few large craters
smooth icy surface
surfaceGravity_m_per_s2 0.003
volume_km3 5140

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

Calypso catalogDesignation Saturn XIV