Calypso

Calypso — moon orbiting Saturn, shown live in Cosmoscope, a real-time 3D map of the universe.

Tethys’s trailing companion, holding station forever 60 degrees behind in the same orbit.

Radius
9.5 km
Orbit
295k km from Saturn
Period
1.89 days
Type
Trojan moon — trails 60° behind Tethys

Seeing Calypso in real time

Cosmoscope puts Calypso at its true position in the solar system, computed from JPL-derived ephemeris and updated continuously. Open the live 3D view to see, in real time, how far Calypso is from the Sun and from Earth right now, how many minutes or hours light takes to cross that gap, and how fast it is moving along its orbit. Scrub the timeline to place Calypso where it was on any past date, or where it will be years from now.

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