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Telesto (coral)
Telesto may refer to: * Telesto (mythology) In Greek mythology, Telesto or Telestho (; Ancient Greek: Τελεστώ means 'success') was an Oceanid, one of the 3,000 water-nymphs daughters of Titans Oceanus and Tethys. She was the personification of the divine blessing or success. Hesio ..., a figure in Greek mythology * Telesto (moon), moon of Saturn * ''Telesto'' (coral), genus of Octocorallia {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telesto (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Telesto or Telestho (; Ancient Greek: Τελεστώ means 'success') was an Oceanid, one of the 3,000 water-nymphs daughters of Titans Oceanus and Tethys. She was the personification of the divine blessing or success. Hesiod describes her as "wearing a yellow ''peplos''".Hesiod, ''Theogony'' 358 Namesake Telesto, a moon of Saturn, discovered in 1980 by Reitsema, Smith, Larson, and Fountain, is named for her. Notes Reference * Hesiod Hesiod (; grc-gre, Ἡσίοδος ''Hēsíodos'') was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. He is generally regarded by western authors as 'the first written poet ..., ''Theogony'' from ''The Homeric Hymns and Homerica'' with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telesto (moon)
Telesto is a natural satellite, moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Bradford A. Smith, Smith, Harold Reitsema, Reitsema, Stephen M. Larson, Larson and John W. Fountain, Fountain in 1980 from ground-based observations, and was provisionally designated . In the following months, several other apparitions were observed: , , and . In 1983 it was officially named after Telesto (mythology), Telesto of Greek mythology. It is also designated as or Tethys B. Telesto is co-orbital with Tethys (moon), Tethys, residing in Tethys' leading Lagrangian point (). This relationship was first identified by #, Seidelmann ''et al.'' in 1981. Another moon, Calypso (moon), Calypso, resides in the other (trailing) Lagrangian point of Tethys, 60 degrees in the other direction from Tethys. The Saturnian system has two additional trojan moons. Exploration The ''Cassini-Huygens, Cassini'' probe performed a distant flyby of Telesto on October 11, 2005. The resulting images show that its surface is sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telesto (coral)
Telesto may refer to: * Telesto (mythology) In Greek mythology, Telesto or Telestho (; Ancient Greek: Τελεστώ means 'success') was an Oceanid, one of the 3,000 water-nymphs daughters of Titans Oceanus and Tethys. She was the personification of the divine blessing or success. Hesio ..., a figure in Greek mythology * Telesto (moon), moon of Saturn * ''Telesto'' (coral), genus of Octocorallia {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |