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Helene (pronounced /ˈhɛlɨniː/ HEL-ə-nee, sometimes /hɨˈliːniː/ hə-LEE-nee, or as in 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.[3] In 1988 it was officially named after Helen of Troy, who was the granddaughter of Cronus (Saturn) in Greek mythology.[4] The moon is also designated Saturn XII, a number which it received in 1982, under the designation Dione B,[5] because it is co-orbital with Dione and located in its leading Lagrangian point (L4). It is one of four known trojan moons. Exploration The closest images of Helene are from the Cassini spacecraft's 1800 km flyby on March 3, 2010. Voyager 2 image (August 1981) References 1. ^ NASA Celestia
... | Telesto, Tethys, Calypso | Polydeuces, Dione, Helene | Rhea | ... Saturn's natural satellites
Pan | Daphnis | Atlas | Prometheus | S/2004 S 6 | S/2004 S 4 | S/2004 S 3 | Pandora | Epimetheus and Janus | Mimas | Methone | Pallene | Enceladus | Telesto, Tethys, and Calypso | Polydeuces, Dione, and Helene | Rhea | Titan | Hyperion | Iapetus | Kiviuq | Ijiraq | Phoebe | Paaliaq | Skathi | Albiorix | S/2004 S 11 | Erriapo | Siarnaq | S/2004 S 13 | Tarvos | Mundilfari | S/2004 S 17 | Narvi | S/2004 S 15 | S/2004 S 10 | Suttungr | S/2004 S 12 | S/2004 S 18 | S/2004 S 9 | S/2004 S 14 | S/2004 S 7 | Thrymr | S/2004 S 16 | Ymir | S/2004 S 8 see also: Rings of Saturn | Cassini-Huygens | Themis
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