Sidera Lodoicea
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Sidera Lodoicea is the name given by the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini to the four moons of Saturn discovered by him in the years 1671, 1672, and 1684 and published in his Découverte de deux no
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Tethys
Tethys (moon)
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Tethys is the fifth-largest moon of Saturn, measuring about 1,060 km across. It was discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1684, and is named after the titan Tethys of Greek mythology.
Giovanni Domenico Cassini, discoverer of Tethys
Tethys – Red Arcs (11 April 2015)
Cassini view of Tethys's Saturn-facing hemisphere, showing the giant rift Ithaca Chasma, crater Telemachus at top, and smooth plains at right
Huge, shallow crater Odysseus, with its uplifted central complex, the Scheria Montes, is at the top of this image.