CALYPSO, in Astronomy

in astronomy, one of the 18 named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn XIV (or S14), Calypso is a small, irregularly shaped (nonspherical) body measuring about 21 mi (34 km) by 13.5 mi (22 km) by 13.5 mi (22 km); it orbits Saturn at a mean distance of 183,093 mi (294,660 km), and has an orbital period of 1.8878 earth days—the rotational period is unknown but is assumed to be the same as the orbital period. Calypso was discovered in 1980 by a group led by a team at the Univ. of Arizona led by Bradford A. Smith from ground-based photographs taken with prototype cameras designed for the Hubble Space Telescope. Calypso is co-orbital with two other moons, Telesto and Tethys; that is, they orbit Saturn at the same distance. Calypso and Telesto are two of the smallest moons in the solar system.

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A Dictionary of Astronomy
Book by Ian Ridpath; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Astronomy--Dictionaries
...dish for millimetre and submillimetre astronomy, opened in 1987 at an altitude of 4070...California Institute of Technology Caltech . Calypso A satellite of Saturn, sharing the same...and its orbital period 1.888 days. Calypso is 34 O 22 O 22 km in size, and was...
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Wonders of the Sky
Book by Tamra Andrews; Libraries Unlimited, 2004
Subjects: Astronomy--Popular Works
...Ganymede e Prometheus Callisto Pandora 10 Epimetheus Metis Janus ens Mimas Adrastea Mimas . Amalthea Enceladus Thebe Tethys Leda Telesto Himalia Calypso I?a la Dione Lysithea Dione Elara Helene Etara e= . , Rhea Ananke Rhea Carme Titan Larme
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Women of the Prologue: Imitation, Myth, and Magic in Don Quixote I
Book by Carolyn A. Nadeau; Bucknell University Press, 2002
Subjects: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De--1547-1616--Characters--Women, Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De--1547-1616--Don Quixote, Prologues And Epilogues--History And Criticism, Women In Literature
...offers, sorcery and Circe and Calypso, Cervantes is much more forward...Quixote, and Maritomes, the Calypso figure who captures the hero...presentation of Circe. Circe and Calypso symbolize a respectful acknowledgment...Neoplatonic treatises on magic and astronomy. While exemplifying his eclectic...
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Greek Ways: How the Greeks Created Western Civilization
Book by Bruce Thornton; Encounter Books, 2000
Subjects: Civilization, Modern--Greek Influences, Greece--Civilization--Influence, Sexual Ethics--Greece
...Aspasia, 104 Assurnasirpal, 95 , 108 Assyria, 95 -96, 108 astronomy, 152 -53 Astyanax, 97 , 103 Athena, 41 , 94 , 97 , 100...Cadmus, 195 Callias, 34 Callicles, 179 Callinus, 90 , 119 Calypso, 54 -55 Cartledge, Paul, 7 -8 Cassandra, 43 , 45 , 104...
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Samuel Butler Author of Erewhon,(1835-1902): A Memoir - Vol. 2
Book by Henry Festing Jones; Macmillan, 1919
Subjects: Butler, Samuel--1835-1902, Fiction
...seaworthy enough for Ulysses to make the voyage on it from Calypsos island Pantellaria and, notwithstanding Neptunes opposition...also called the Wain, keeping it on his left hand, for so Calypso had advised him," and this steering business threatened...Biaggini that he knew the sun and the moon but that there his astronomy ended. So he wrote to the authorities at Greenwich, stating...
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Rereading 'Ulysses': "Ithaca" and Modernist Allegory
Journal article by Stephen Sicari; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 43, 1997
Subjects: Allegory--Usage, Joyce, James--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Setting (Literature)--Usage, Ulysses (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...That Blooms adventures begin with "Calypso" suggests that Bloom is captive as his...naturalism is becoming exhausted. In "Calypso" Bloom is a prisoner, to his wife and...matter. But his passivity - which in "Calypso" was a weakness - is not in "Ithaca...


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A Regal View of the Caribbean
Magazine article by Laurel F. Lehrer; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 121, May 1993
Subjects: Caribbean Islands--Description and travel, Cruise lines--Services, Princess Cruise Lines--Services
...the rhythms of a lively three-piece Calypso band, tourists sauntered down the hillside...horizontal stone. Their knowledge of astronomy was manifested in the mathematically...and resort clothing. For dancers, the Calypso band injected a rhythmic beat outside...


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Stoute Can Cheer Up the Punters
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), June 24, 2008
Subjects: Astronomy
...he was a good deal better than the handicapper thought by bolting up at Newbury. Stoutes charge is a half-brother to Hi Calypso, who won the same Newbury race last year before following up in this event. Lightning can strike twice. The John Gosden...


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Calypso , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CALYPSO , in astronomy in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn . Also known as Saturn XIV (or S14), Calypso is a small, irregularly shaped (nonspherical) body measuring...
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Tethys , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TETHYS , in astronomy te this, in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn...same distance as Tethys but precede ( Telesto ) and follow ( Calypso ) Tethys by about 60...
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Saturn , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SATURN , in astronomy in astronomy, 6th planet from the sun. Astronomical and Physical Characteristics...within the inner large group, comprises four satellites, Telesto , Calypso , Helene , and Polydeuces. The outer large group comprises four...
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Telesto
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TELESTO t les to, in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural...co-orbital with two other moons, Calypso and Tethys ; that is, they orbit Saturn at the same distance. Telesto and Calypso are two of the smallest moons in the...


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