HELENE (MOON)

'Helene' ''(hel'-e-nee,'' sometimes ''he-lee'-nee,'' , Greek ''Ἑλένη)'' is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Pierre Laques and Jean Lecacheux in 1980 from ground-based observations at Pic du Midi Observatory, and was designated 'S/1980 S 6.'^[2] In 1988 it was officially named after Helen of Troy, who was the granddaughter of Cronus (Saturn) in Greek mythology.^[3] The moon is also designated 'Saturn XII', a number which it received in 1982, under the designation 'Dione B',^[4] because it is co-orbital with Dione and located in its leading Lagrangian point (L₄).

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1. NASA Celestia
2. IAUC 3496: ''Satellites of Saturn'' 1980 July 31 (discovery)
3. IAUC 4609: ''Satellites of Saturn and Uranus'' 1988 June 8 (naming the moon)
4. Transactions of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. XVIIIA, 1982 (mentioned in IAUC 3872: ''Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn'', 1983 September 30)

External links

★ Helene Profile by NASA's Solar System Exploration

★ The Planetary Society: Helene
''... | Telesto, Tethys and Calypso | Polydeuces, Dione and Helene | Rhea | ...''