Calypso
Calypso (Natural satellite). See its size, orbit and live position on a 3D map of the Solar System. Calypso is a natural satellite of Saturn.
Calypso is a natural satellite of Saturn. It was discovered in 1980, from ground-based observations, by Dan Pascu, P. Kenneth Seidelmann, William A. Baum, and Douglas G. Currie, and was provisionally designated S/1980 S 25. Several other apparitions of it were recorded in the following months: S/1980 S 29, S/1980 S 30, S/1980 S 32, and S/1981 S 2. In 1983 it was officially named after Calypso of Greek mythology. It is also designated Saturn XIV or Tethys C.
- Type: Natural satellite
- Orbiting: Saturn
- Orbital period: 45.3 hours