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Jarnsaxa (moon)

Moon of Saturn

Summary

Moon of Saturn

Field	Value
name	Jarnsaxa
mpc_name	Saturn L
alt_names	S/2006 S 6
discoverer	Scott S. Sheppard
David C. Jewitt
Jan T. Kleyna
Brian G. Marsden
discovered	June 26, 2006
named_after	Járnsaxa
orbit_ref
semimajor
inclination	163.3°
eccentricity	0.216
period	−964.7 days
satellite_of	Saturn
group	Norse group
physical_ref
mean_diameter	4 km
albedo	0.06 (assumed)
magnitude	24.7
abs_magnitude	15.6

David C. Jewitt Jan T. Kleyna Brian G. Marsden

Jarnsaxa (), also known as Saturn L (provisional designation S/2006 S 6), is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on June 26, 2006, from observations taken between January 5 and April 29, 2006.

Jarnsaxa is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 18,556.9 Mm in 943.784 days, at an inclination of 162.9° to the ecliptic (164.1° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.1918. It is a member of the Norse group of irregular satellites.

It is named after Járnsaxa, a giantess in Norse mythology.

References

[https://sites.google.com/carnegiescience.edu/sheppard/moons/saturnmoons S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Saturn, ''Carnegie Science'', on line]
(2018). "Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn". [[The University of Arizona Press]].

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