Tethys

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4437.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4437. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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A mid-sized icy satellite of Saturn, discovered by Giovanni Cassini in 1684. Its diameter is 1060 km, and its orbital distance from Saturn is 295 000 km. The parts of Tethys imaged in the Voyager missions show a variety of terrains with different crater densities. The heavily cratered side contains a large impact feature, the 440 km diameter basin Odysseus, a `relaxed' structure with signs of an ...

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