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Tethys is a large moon that orbits Saturn, one of the gas giant planets in our solar system. It's notable for its massive impact crater and icy composition, making it an important target for scientists studying how planets and moons formed and evolved.
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- Instance of
- regular moon
- Named after
- Tethys
- Parent body
- Saturn
- Radius
- 531.1
- Mass
- 617.39
- Orbital period
- 1.887802
- Image
- PIA18317-SaturnMoon-Tethys-Cassini-20150411.jpg
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- orbital inclination
- 1.12
- Commons category
- Tethys
- time of discovery or invention
- 1684-00-00
- discoverer or inventor
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini
- topic's main category
- Category:Tethys (moon)
- apparent magnitude
- 10.2
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.0001
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 294619
- category for maps or plans
- Category:Surface features of Tethys (moon)
- albedo
- 0.20
- temperature
- 86
- surface gravity
- 0.146
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Encyclopedic overview
Tethys (/ˈtiːθɪs, ˈtɛθɪs/) is the fifth-largest moon of Saturn, measuring about 1,060 km (660 mi) across. It was discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1684, and is named after the titan Tethys of Greek mythology.
Tethys has a low density of 0.98 g/cm, the lowest of all the major moons in the Solar System, indicating that it is made of water ice with just a small fraction of rock. This was confirmed by the spectroscopy of its surface, which identified water ice as the dominant surface material. A further, smaller amount of an unidentified dark material is present as well. The surface of Tethys is very bright, the second-brightest of the moons of Saturn after Enceladus, and neutral in color.
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