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Loge (moon)

Moon of Saturn

Summary

Moon of Saturn

Field	Value
name	Loge
image	Loge N1803341947.png
caption	Loge (circled) imaged by the Cassini spacecraft in February 2015
pronounced	or spelling pronunciation
named_after	Logi
mpc_name	Saturn XLVI
alt_names	S/2006 S 5
discovered	2006
discoverer	Scott S. Sheppard
David C. Jewitt
Jan T. Kleyna
Brian G. Marsden
orbit_ref
semimajor
inclination	167.9°
eccentricity	0.187
period	−1312.0 days
satellite_of	Saturn
group	Norse group
physical_ref
mean_diameter
rotation	? h
albedo	0.06 (assumed)
spectral_type	r – i = 0.15 ± 0.08
magnitude	24.6
abs_magnitude	15.3

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

Loge or Saturn XLVI is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on 26 June 2006, from observations taken between January and April 2006.

Characteristics

Loge is about 5 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 23,142,000 km in 1314.364 days, at an inclination of 166.5° to the ecliptic (165.3° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.1390. It has a tentative rotation period of about hours,{{cite conference

It was named in April 2007, after Logi, a fire giant from Norse mythology.

References

[https://sites.google.com/carnegiescience.edu/sheppard/moons/saturnmoons S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Saturn, ''Carnegie Science'', on line]
(2022-05-17). "Colors of Irregular Satellites of Saturn with the Dark Energy Camera". The Astronomical Journal.
(2018). "Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn". [[The University of Arizona Press]].

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