Thalassa
Thalassa information
Average distance
from
Neptune
:
50070 km (0.0003
AU
)
Equatorial radius
:
54 x 50 x 26 km (
Diameter
: 108 km)
Mass
:
400000000000000000 kg
Siderial orbit period (length of year)
:
0.311485 earth days
Orbital eccentricity
:
0.000
Orbital inclination to ecliptic
:
0.21 degrees
Thalassa, Neptune IV
Thalassa
Thalassa was a daughter of Aether and Hemera. 'Thalassa' is also the Greek word for 'sea'.
Discovered in 1989 by Voyager 2.
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Discovered by R. Terrile (Voyager 2) in 1989
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