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Fenrir (moon)

Moon of Saturn

Field	Value
name	Fenrir
discovery_ref	{{cite web
date	2005-05-04
title	IAUC 8523: NEW Sats OF SATURN
publisher	International Astronomical Union
author	Daniel W. E. Green
url	http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/08500/08523.html}}
discovery_site	Subaru, Gemini
Jan T. Kleyna
Brian G. Marsden
alt_names	S/2004 S 16{{cite web
date	2007-04-05
title	IAUC 8826: Sats OF JUPITER, SATURN
publisher	International Astronomical Union
author	Daniel W. E. Green
url	http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/08800/08826.html}}
mpc_name	Saturn XLI
pronounced	or
adjective	Fenrian
named_after	Fenrir
orbit_ref	{{cite web
date	2009-04-03
title	Planetary Satellite Mean Orbital Parameters
publisher	JPL/NASA
author	Jacobson, R.A. (2007) SAT270, SAT271
url	http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_elem#saturn
access-date	2009-07-30}}
semimajor	22 454 000 km
eccentricity	0.1363
period	1260.35 d (3.45 yr)
inclination	164.955°
mean_anomaly	146.614°
arg_peri	120.264°
asc_node	330.95°
satellite_of	Saturn
group	Norse group
physical_ref
mean_diameter	4 km
albedo	0.06 (assumed)
magnitude	25.0
abs_magnitude	15.9

Jan T. Kleyna Brian G. Marsden |access-date=2009-07-30}}

Fenrir , or Saturn XLI (provisional designation S/2004 S 16), is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on May 4, 2005, from observations taken between December 13, 2004, and March 5, 2005. Fenrir has an apparent magnitude of 25,{{cite web |author-link=Scott S. Sheppard |access-date=2009-07-30}} making it one of the faintest known moons in the Solar System, and was discovered using some of the largest telescopes in the world. Fenrir was named after Fenrir, a giant wolf from Norse mythology, father of Hati and Skoll, son of Loki, destined to break its bonds for Ragnarök.

Fenrir is about 4 kilometres in diameter,

Notes

References

{{dict.com. Fenrir
''Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature'' (1995)
(2018). "Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn". [[The University of Arizona Press]].
"Fenrir (S/2004 S 16) – Tilmann Denk".
David C. Jewitt. "Twelve New Moons for Saturn - 2005 May 03". University of Hawaii (Institute for Astronomy).

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