Telesto and Calypso scaled one in 500 thousand

These models were rendered using MATLAB R2016a on the ICQ models of the PSI made from the data of the Cassini mission.
The file's names explained: name_1_x_10_y.stl is 1 : x * 10y. So _1_6_10_7 is 1:600000000 or one in 60 million.
The file's names explained: name_1_x_10_y.stl is 1 : x * 10y. So _1_6_10_7 is 1:600000000 or one in 60 million.
S13 Telesto
Telesto is a small moon of Saturn, orbiting in the same orbit of Tethys 60 degrees before the bigger moon. This point of relatively stable orbit relative to two bigger objects is known as Lagrangian point L4, where the attraction of the orbited object (Saturn) is equal to that of the coorbital object (Tethys) in the rotational reference.- Type: Satellite
- Orbit: Saturn. Coorbital with Tethys and Calypso.
- Orbital period: 1.888 d.
- Composition: Icy body, mostly water ice.
- Density: ? g/cm3.
- Dimensions: 32.6 km × 23.6 km × 20.0 km.
- Model scale: 1:2x105 (17cm) 1:5x105 (7cm)
S14 Calypso
Similar to Telesto but 60 degrees after Tethys, Calypso is stable in the L5 point of the bigger moon. These kinds of orbit are also known as trojan orbits, trojans of Tethys; it is not a formal name, but an analogy to the trojans of Jupiter.- Type: Satellite
- Orbit: Saturn. Coorbital with Tethys and Telesto.
- Orbital period: 1.888 d.
- Composition: Icy body, mostly water ice.
- Density: ? g/cm3.
- Dimensions: 30.2 km × 23 km × 14 km.
- Model scale: 1:2x105 (15cm) 1:5x105 (6cm)
References
- "Thomas, P., Joseph, J., and Ansty, T., Saturn Small Moon Shape Models V1.0. urn:nasa:pds:saturn_satellite_shape_models::1.0. NASA Planetary Data System, 2018."
- Surf to STL function for MATLAB