Calypso

Calypso is a small moon orbiting the gas giant planet Saturn.

Photo by Cassini taken on February 13, 2010.

Credit: NASA / JPL / Space Science Institute

Facts About Calypso:

Calypso is the 15th-equal moon from Saturn. It shares its orbit with the moons Tethys and Telesto.
It is one of the most reflective celestial objects in the Solar System (at visible wavelengths).

Classification: Moon (orbiting Saturn)

Names: Saturn XIV, Tethys C, S/1980 S 25

Discovered:  1980 by Dan Pascu, P. Kenneth Seidelmann, William A. Baum, Douglas G. Currie
Diameter:  21.4 km
Axial Tilt:  0.0000 °
Orbital Period:  1.8878
Albedo:  1.3400
Adjective:  Calypsonian, Calypsoan

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