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co-orbital

The co-orbital moons Calypso, Telesto, and Tethys.

The co-orbital moons Calypso, Telesto, and Tethys.


Co-orbital means sharing the same orbit, as when objects known as Trojans move in the same orbit as a planet at the Lagrangian points. A similar example is when two or more small moons occupy more or less the same orbit as a larger moon; this is the case with Saturn's moons Calypso and Telesto, which are co-orbital with Tethys.