Telesto

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

A smooth, dust-mantled moonlet camped in the Lagrange point ahead of Tethys — one of only four trojan moons known anywhere.

Radius
12.4 km
Orbit
295k km from Saturn
Period
1.89 days
Type
Trojan moon — rides 60° ahead of Tethys

Seeing Telesto in real time

Cosmoscope puts Telesto 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 Telesto 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 Telesto where it was on any past date, or where it will be years from now.

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