S/2004 S 36 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, and Jan Kleyna on October 8, 2019, from observations taken between December 12, 2004, and February 1, 2006.[3]
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Sheppard et al. |
| Discovery date | 2019 |
| Designations | |
| S5593a2[2] | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| 23698700 km | |
| Eccentricity | 0.667 |
| −1354.2 days | |
| Inclination | 147.6° |
| Satellite of | Saturn |
| Group | Norse group |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 3 km | |
| 25.3 | |
S/2004 S 36 is about 3 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 23.192 Gm in 1319.07 days, at an inclination of 155° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.748, the highest of any of Saturn's moons.[3]
References
edit- ^ Discovery Circumstances from JPL
- ^ a b S.S. Sheppard (2019). "Moons of Saturn, Carnegie Science, on line".
- ^ a b "MPEC 2019-T158 : S/2004 S 36". minorplanetcenter.net. Retrieved 8 October 2019.