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Tethys (Satellite of Saturn)

Tethys
Full size image of Tethys (95 KB.)

Constants

  •  Mean Radius:               529.8 km
  •  Mass:                      0.000104 (Earth=1)
  •  Density:                   1.0 (g/cm^3)
  •  Gravity:                   0.018 (Earth=1)
  •  Orbit Period:              1.888 (Earth days)
  •  Rotation Period:           1.888 (Earth days)
  •  Semimajor Axis of Orbit:   294,670 km
  •  Eccentricity of Orbit:     (0)
Notes on Constants Table

Tethys Nomenclature

Official names of features on Tethys as approved by the International Astronomical Union.

Saturn Satellites Voyager Mosaics

Global image maps of Dione and other Saturnian satellites created from Voyager imagery.

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