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Thalassa

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Thalassa (thəlăs`ə, thăl`əsə), in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Neptune Neptune, in astronomy, 8th planet from the sun at a mean distance of about 2.8 billion mi (4.5 billion km) with an orbit lying between those of Uranus and the dwarf planet Pluto; its period of revolution is about 165 years.
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Thalassa [thə′lasĀ·ə]
(astronomy)
A satellite of Neptune orbiting at a mean distance of 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers) with a period of 7.5 hours, and with a diameter of about 50 miles (80 kilometers).


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On the Earth colony of Thalassa, gentle whale-like harsal swim the seas, some with their telepathically bonded human companions, and history is passed on from generation to generation by the venerated Storyteller's Guild.
In other words, he reserves thalassa for the sea in general (Luke 17:2; 17:6; 21:25) and refers to the "Sea of Galilee" as the "Lake of Gennesaret" (5:1) or simply "the lake" (5:2; 8:22, 23, 33).
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