Telesto /təˈlɛstoʊ/ is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Smith, Reitsema, Larson and Fountain in 1980 from ground-based observations, and was provisionally designated S/1980 S 13. In the following months, several other apparitions were observed: S/1980 S 24, S/1980 S 33, and S/1981 S 1.
In 1983 it was officially named after Telesto of Greek mythology. It is also designated as Saturn XIII or Tethys B.
Telesto is co-orbital with Tethys, residing in Tethys' leading Lagrangian point (L4). This relationship was first identified by Seidelmann et al. in 1981. Another moon, Calypso, resides in the other (trailing) Lagrangian point of Tethys, 60 degrees in the other direction from Tethys. The Saturnian system has two additional trojan moons.
Exploration
The Cassini probe performed a distant flyby of Telesto on October 11, 2005. The resulting images show that its surface is surprisingly smooth, devoid of small impact craters.
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Sources
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- Marsden, Brian G. (April 10, 1980). "Satellites of Saturn" (discovery). IAU Circular (3466). Retrieved 2011-12-23.
- Marsden, Brian G. (June 6, 1980). "Satellites of Saturn". IAU Circular (3484). Retrieved 2011-12-23.
- Marsden, Brian G. (April 16, 1981). "Satellites of Saturn". IAU Circular (3593). Retrieved 2011-12-23.
- Marsden, Brian G. (May 18, 1981). "Satellites of Saturn". IAU Circular (3605). Retrieved 2011-12-23.
- Marsden, Brian G. (September 30, 1983). "Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn". IAU Circular (3872). Retrieved 2011-12-23.
- Seidelmann, P. K.; Harrington, R. S.; Pascu, D.; Baum, W. A.; Currie, D. G.; Westphal, J. A.; Danielson, G. E. (1981). "Saturn satellite observations and orbits from the 1980 ring plane crossing". Icarus. 47 (2): 282. Bibcode:1981Icar...47..282S. doi:10.1016/0019-1035(81)90172-X.
- Thomas, P. C. (July 2010). "Sizes, shapes, and derived properties of the saturnian satellites after the Cassini nominal mission" (PDF). Icarus. 208 (1): 395–401. Bibcode:2010Icar..208..395T. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.01.025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- Thomas, P. C.; Helfenstein, P. (July 2020). "The small inner satellites of Saturn: Shapes, structures and some implications". Icarus. 344: 20. Bibcode:2020Icar..34413355T. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2019.06.016. S2CID 197474587. 113355.
External links
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IAUC 3466. - Marsden, Brian G. (April 10, 1980). "Satellites of Saturn" (discovery). IAU Circular (3466). Retrieved 2011-12-23. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/03400/03466.html ↩
IAUC 3484. - Marsden, Brian G. (June 6, 1980). "Satellites of Saturn". IAU Circular (3484). Retrieved 2011-12-23. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/03400/03484.html ↩
IAUC 3605. - Marsden, Brian G. (May 18, 1981). "Satellites of Saturn". IAU Circular (3605). Retrieved 2011-12-23. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/03600/03605.html ↩
IAUC 3593. - Marsden, Brian G. (April 16, 1981). "Satellites of Saturn". IAU Circular (3593). Retrieved 2011-12-23. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/03500/03593.html ↩
Transactions of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. XVIIIA, 1982 (confirms Janus, names Epimetheus, Telesto, Calypso) (mentioned in IAUC 3872) - Marsden, Brian G. (September 30, 1983). "Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn". IAU Circular (3872). Retrieved 2011-12-23. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/03800/03872.html ↩
Seidelmann Harrington et al. 1981. - Seidelmann, P. K.; Harrington, R. S.; Pascu, D.; Baum, W. A.; Currie, D. G.; Westphal, J. A.; Danielson, G. E. (1981). "Saturn satellite observations and orbits from the 1980 ring plane crossing". Icarus. 47 (2): 282. Bibcode:1981Icar...47..282S. doi:10.1016/0019-1035(81)90172-X. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981Icar...47..282S ↩