Concept information
Preferred term
Thalassa
Definition
- Thalassa is the second moon of Neptune in order from the planet. Thalassa was discovered in Sep 1989 by the Voyager Imaging team. It is named after a daughter of Aether and Hemera in Greek mythology and is also known as Neptune IV. Like the five other inner moons discovered during the 1989 flyby of Voyager 2, Thalassa is among the darkest objects in the Solar System. (Encyclopedia of Science, by David Darling, https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/T/Thalassa.html)
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Neptune IV
In other languages
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French
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Neptune IV
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-V3T27SV4-X
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