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