Telesto

Telesto was discovered by B. Smith and others of the Voyager team in 1980. Of the 18 moons it is the 9th closest to Saturn, with a standoff distance of 294,660 km. Telesto is one of the smallest moons of all, and is about the size of a small town, at just 24 km (16 miles) wide.

As a small moon, the composition and surface features of Telesto are unknown.

This is a composite image of the small moons of Saturn
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Telesto

Telesto was discovered by B. Smith and others of the Voyager team in 1980. Of the 18 moons it is the 9th closest to Saturn. Telesto is one of the smallest moons of all, and is about the size of a small town.

As a small moon, the composition and surface features of Telesto are unknown.

This is a composite image of the small moons of Saturn
Click on image for full size version (92K GIF)
Image from: NASA

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Telesto

Telesto was discovered by B. Smith and others of the Voyager team in 1980. Of the 18 moons it is the 9th closest to Saturn. Telesto is one of the smallest moons of all, and is about the size of a small town.

As a small moon, the composition and surface features of Telesto are unknown.

This is a composite image of the small moons of Saturn
Click on image for full size version (92K GIF)
Image from: NASA

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