Saturn XIII

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Saturn XIII is the Roman numeral designation for Telesto, a small Trojan moon of Saturn that shares its orbit with the larger moon Tethys.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Saturn XIII canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Saturn ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Saturn system ⓘ
linked to: Saturnian system

Solar System ⓘ
catalogDesignation S/1980 S 13 ⓘ
discoveredBy Bradford A. Smith ⓘ
Harold J. Reitsema ⓘ
John W. Fountain ⓘ
Stephen M. Larson ⓘ
discoveredUsing Voyager 1 ⓘ
discoveryDate 1980-04-08 ⓘ
hasAlbedo ~0.8 ⓘ
hasAxialTilt ~0 degrees ⓘ
hasCompanionTrojan Calypso ⓘ
hasDiameter ~24.8 km ⓘ
hasDiscoveryMission Voyager program ⓘ
hasEscapeVelocity ~0.011 km/s ⓘ
hasIAUNumbering Saturn XIII ⓘ
hasMeanDensity ~0.5 g/cm³ ⓘ
hasMeanRadius ~12.4 km ⓘ
hasMythologicalAssociation Oceanid Telesto ⓘ
linked to: Telesto
hasName Telesto ⓘ
hasNamingAuthority International Astronomical Union ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Cassini–Huygens
isPartOfGroup Tethys Trojan moons ⓘ
isTidallyLockedTo Saturn ⓘ
isTrojanOf Tethys ⓘ
namedAfter Telesto from Greek mythology ⓘ
orbits Saturn ⓘ
orbitsAtSimilarDistanceAs Tethys ⓘ
sharesOrbitWith Tethys ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Telesto → catalogDesignation → Saturn XIII ⓘ
Saturn XIII → hasIAUNumbering → Saturn XIII ⓘ