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.

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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

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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