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Tethys

moon of Saturn
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Facts

17 properties
Instance of
moon of Saturn, regular moon[3]
Albedo
+0.20[18]
Apparent magnitude
+10.2[9]
Described by source
Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[10]
Discoverer or inventor
Giovanni Domenico Cassini[2]
Mass
+617.39[13]
Named after
Tethys[4]
Orbital eccentricity
+0.0001[8]
Orbital inclination
+1.12[12]
Orbital period
+1.887802[16]
Parent astronomical body
Saturn[5]
Radius
+531.1[15]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+294619[17]
Surface gravity
+0.146[19]
Temperature
+86[14]
Time of discovery or invention
March 21, 1684, 1684[6][7]
Topic has template
Template:GeoTemplate/tethys[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Saturn III en Tethys ar تثيس el Κρόνος III el Τηθύς es Tetis fa تتیس fr Téthys he טתיס hi टॅथिस id Saturn III it Teti it Saturno III ja テチス ja テティス ja テティス (衛星) ko 테티스 pl Saturn III pl Tetyda pt Tétis
🔖 Identifiers · 20
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2007003335
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
PIA18317-SaturnMoon-Tethys-Cassini-20150411.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
03726363n
Bing entity ID
efdd4af6-9e6c-c976-0203-c89b2384cf33
Comic Vine ID
4020-57889
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Tethys
Fandom article ID
thesolarsystem:Tethys
Freebase ID
/m/0lhx8
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7031593
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
tetis-0
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0065789
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Tethys_-_måne
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HuijiWiki article ID
sat:土卫三
J9U entity ID
987007556987505171
NAIF ID
603
Namuwiki ID
테티스(위성)
NicoNicoPedia word article ID
テティス(衛星)
Quora topic ID
Tethys-1
Topic's main category
Category:Tethys (moon)
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["PlanetaryMoon", "Tethys"]

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🔗 Connections
← Located on astronomical body 3
Ithaca Chasma, Odysseus, Penelope
Instance of 2
moon of Saturn, regular moon
Category for maps or plans 1
Category:Surface features of Tethys (moon)
Discoverer or inventor 1
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Named after 1
Tethys
Named after 1
Tethys Nunataks
Parent astronomical body 1
Saturn
Topic's main category 1
Category:Tethys (moon)
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Tethys (moon)
← Child astronomical body 1
Saturn
← Narrative location 1
Saturn 3
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Summary

Tethys is a moon of Saturn[1].

Body

Influence

Things named for Tethys include Tethys Nunataks[20], a nunatak[21].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Tethys include Tethys Nunataks[20], a nunatak[21].

Related Entities

Giovanni Domenico Cassini

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . NASA FACTS. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . NASA FACTS. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . NASA FACTS. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · ~2026-54193-84 · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Size comparison diagram → Tethys size corrected.png
    "Created claim: Size comparison diagram: Tethys size corrected.png"
  2. 6w ago · ~2026-51439-50 · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Namuwiki ID → 테티스(위성)
    "Created claim: Namuwiki ID: 테티스(위성)"
  3. 11w ago · ~2026-39352-41 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Albedo → 0.2
    Parent astronomical body → Saturn
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Surface features of Tethys (moon)
    Fandom article ID → thesolarsystem:Tethys
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Fandom article ID: thesolarsystem:Tethys"
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