Calypso
Moon· orbits Saturn
Calypso is a moon orbiting Saturn.
Open in 3D viewSee Calypso in the live, interactive 3D map
Key facts
Orbit around Saturn
1.89 Earth days
Science
Orbit around Saturn
- Distance from Saturn
- 4,603,361 km
- Orbital period
- 45.39 hours
- Eccentricity
- 0.001163
- Inclination
- 5.13 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0112 S⊕ · 1% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- D. Pascu, P.K. Seidelmann, W. Baum, D. Currie
Calypso was discovered in 1980 by D. Pascu and colleagues. Saturn's moons are named after giants and deities of world mythology — its distant irregular moons after Norse, Inuit and Gallic figures. Beyond its discovery and naming, little more about it has been individually recorded.
Images
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.