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.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ
areGravitationallyBoundTo Saturn ⓘ
areInMeanMotionResonanceWith Tethys ⓘ
areLocatedAt L4 and L5 Lagrange points of Tethys ⓘ
areLocatedIn outer Solar System ⓘ
areMuchSmallerThan Tethys ⓘ
areObservedBy Cassini spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Cassini–Huygens
arePartOf natural satellites of Saturn ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Saturnian system ⓘ
Saturnian system ⓘ
belongTo Solar System ⓘ
belongToPlanetarySystem Saturnian system ⓘ
discoveredBy Bradford A. Smith ⓘ
Dan Pascu ⓘ
Douglas G. Currie ⓘ
Harold J. Reitsema ⓘ
John W. Fountain ⓘ
P. Kenneth Seidelmann ⓘ
Stephen M. Larson ⓘ
William A. Baum ⓘ
discoveryMethod ground-based telescope imaging ⓘ
ground-based telescope imaging ⓘ
discoveryYear 1980 ⓘ
1980 ⓘ
hasShape irregular ⓘ
irregular ⓘ
hasTrojanMoons Calypso ⓘ
Telesto ⓘ
haveDynamicalType Trojan moon ⓘ
haveMembers Calypso ⓘ
Telesto ⓘ
haveOrbitalConfiguration Trojan ⓘ
haveOrbitalPeriodEqualTo orbital period of Tethys ⓘ
isCoOrbitalWith Tethys ⓘ
Tethys ⓘ
orbits Saturn ⓘ
Saturn ⓘ
Saturn ⓘ
Saturn ⓘ
resideNear Lagrange points of Tethys ⓘ
residesNear Tethys L4 Lagrange point ⓘ
linked to: Tethys Trojan moons

Tethys L5 Lagrange point ⓘ
linked to: Tethys Trojan moons
shareOrbitWith Tethys ⓘ
surfaceComposition water ice (inferred) ⓘ
water ice (inferred) ⓘ
wereDiscoveredBy Cassini–Huygens mission (via imaging) ⓘ
linked to: Cassini–Huygens

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Calypso → belongsToGroup → Tethys Trojan moons ⓘ
Tethys Trojan group → residesNear → L5 Lagrange point of Tethys ⓘ
linked to: Tethys Trojan moons
Tethys Trojan group → belongsTo → Saturnian Trojan moons ⓘ
linked to: Tethys Trojan moons
Saturn XIII → isPartOfGroup → Tethys Trojan moons ⓘ
Telesto → residesNear → Tethys L4 Lagrange point ⓘ
subject linked to: Tethys Trojan moons
linked to: Tethys Trojan moons
Calypso → residesNear → Tethys L5 Lagrange point ⓘ
subject linked to: Tethys Trojan moons
linked to: Tethys Trojan moons
Calypso → belongsToGroup → Tethys Trojan moons ⓘ
subject linked to: Saturn XIV
Saturn's A ring → dynamicsInfluencedBy → Saturn's moons ⓘ
linked to: Tethys Trojan moons