Calypso

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Calypso is a small Trojan moon of Saturn that shares Tethys’s orbit, residing near one of its stable Lagrange points.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Calypso canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Trojan moon ⓘ
moon of Saturn ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedo ≈ 0.6 ⓘ
belongsTo outer Solar System ⓘ
belongsToGroup Tethys Trojan moons ⓘ
catalogDesignation Saturn XIV ⓘ
coOrbitalWith Telesto ⓘ
dimensions 30.2 × 23.0 × 14.4 km ⓘ
discoveredBy Dan Pascu ⓘ
Douglas G. Currie ⓘ
P. Kenneth Seidelmann ⓘ
William A. Baum NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveryDate 1980-03-13 ⓘ
discoveryMethod ground-based telescope observations ⓘ
escapeVelocity ≈ 0.006 km/s ⓘ
hasOrbitalResonanceWith Mimas (indirect via Tethys resonance) ⓘ
hemisphereLeading heavily cratered ⓘ
hemisphereTrailing covered with fine icy material ⓘ
imagedBy Cassini–Huygens ⓘ
Voyager 2 ⓘ
lagrangePointType L5 ⓘ
locatedAt Tethys L5 Lagrange point ⓘ
linked to: Tethys
mass ≈ 2.5×10^15 kg ⓘ
meanDensity ≈ 0.5 g/cm³ ⓘ
meanRadius 10.7 km ⓘ
meanSurfaceTemperature ≈ 78 K ⓘ
memberOf Saturnian system ⓘ
namedAfter Calypso (mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Calypso
namedBy International Astronomical Union ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity 0.0009 ⓘ
orbitalInclination 1.6° to Saturn’s equator ⓘ
orbitalPeriod 1.8878 days ⓘ
orbits Saturn ⓘ
parentPlanet Saturn ⓘ
provisionalDesignation S/1980 S 25 ⓘ
rotationPeriod 1.8878 days ⓘ
semiMajorAxis 294660 km ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
sharesOrbitWith Tethys ⓘ
surfaceAppearance bright and smooth ⓘ
surfaceComposition water ice ⓘ
synchronousRotation true ⓘ
trails Tethys ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Tethys → hasCoOrbitalMoon → Calypso ⓘ
Tethys → trojanMoonOf → Calypso ⓘ
Asia → sibling → Calypso ⓘ
Telesto → coOrbitalWith → Calypso ⓘ
Dan Pascu → discovered → Calypso ⓘ
S/1980 S 25 → laterNamed → Calypso ⓘ
S/1980 S 25 → permanentName → Calypso ⓘ
Tethys → hasTrojanMoons → Calypso ⓘ
subject linked to: Tethys Trojan moons
Saturn XIV → hasName → Calypso ⓘ