Calypso
Calypso information
Average distance
from
Saturn
:
294660 km (0.002
AU
)
Equatorial radius
:
15.0 x 8.0 x 8.0 km (
Diameter
: 30 km)
Mass
:
800000000000000000 kg
Siderial orbit period (length of year)
:
1.8878 earth days
Calypso, Saturn XIV
Calypso
In Greek mythology Calypso was a sea nymph who delayed Odysseus on her island for seven years.
Discovered by Pascu, Seidelmann, Baum and Currie in 1980 from ground-based observations with prototype cameras destined for the HST.
Calypso is in Tethys' trailing Lagrange point.
Calypso and Telesto are among the smallest moons in the solar system.
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Discovered by D. Pascu (& P.K. Seidelmann, W. Baum & D. Currie in 1980
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