S/2004 S 39 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 March 21, 2007.[3]
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Sheppard et al. |
| Discovery date | 2019 |
| Designations | |
| S64454x[2] | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| 22790400 km | |
| Eccentricity | 0.081 |
| −1277.5 days | |
| Inclination | 167.6° |
| Satellite of | Saturn |
| Group | Norse group |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 2 km | |
| 25.5 | |
| 16.3 | |
S/2004 S 39 is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 23.575 Gm in 1351.83 days, at an inclination of 167° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.080.[3]
References
edit- ^ Discovery Circumstances from JPL
- ^ a b S.S. Sheppard (2019). "Moons of Saturn, Carnegie Science, on line".
- ^ a b "MPEC 2019-T161 : S/2004 S 39". minorplanetcenter.net. Retrieved 8 October 2019.