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Short Description Telesto is a moon of Saturn. Telesto is co-orbital with Tethys, residing in Tethys' leading Lagrangian point . 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. Telesto (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Discovered by Bradford A. Smith, Harold Reitsema, Stephen M. Larson, John W. Fountain Discovery date April 8, 1980 Type Moon AddInfo Saturn XIII / Tethys B Satellite of Saturn Orbit Prograde Rotation Synchronous Apoapsis 06 294 648 km Periapsis 06 294 589 km Semi-major axis 06 294 619 km Distance from Sun 01 9.554 909 au /15a Eccentricity 0.000 Orbital period 1.887 802 day Orbital speed 02 11.35 km/s Inclination to the equator 001.19° Diameter/Size 24.8 ± 0.8 km Dimensions 32.6 × 23.6 × 20.0 km Mass 1015×4.046 4 kg Density 0.5 g/cm3 Surface gravity 0.0033 m/s2 Escape velocity 01 9.0 m/s Rotation period 1.887 802 day Axial tilt 0° Albedo geometric 0.994 Temperature mean 02 93 K Apparent magnitude 18.7 - Comments
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