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S/2006 S 1

Moon of Saturn

Summary

Moon of Saturn

Field	Value
name	S/2006 S 1
discovery_ref
discoverer	Scott S. Sheppard
David C. Jewitt
Jan T. Kleyna
discovered	6 March 2006
earliest_precovery_date	5 January 2005
satellite_of	Saturn
orbit_ref
epoch	31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
observation_arc	2.13 yr (776 d)
semimajor	0.1246859 AU
eccentricity	0.0814088
period	−2.604 yr (−951.1 d)
mean_anomaly	351.30293°
mean_motion	/ day
inclination	154.62928° (to the ecliptic)
asc_node	351.18965°
arg_peri	176.02188°
mean_diameter

albedo	0.04 (assumed)
magnitude	24.5
abs_magnitude	15.6
group	Norse group

David C. Jewitt Jan T. Kleyna

S/2006 S 1 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 4 and April 30, 2006. S/2006 S 1 is about 6 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 18.65 Gm in 951.1 days, at an inclination of 154.6° to the ecliptic (178.9° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.0814.

The moon was once considered lost in 2006 as it was not seen since its discovery. The moon was later recovered and announced in October 2019.

References

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References

Beatty, Kelly. (4 April 2012). "Outer-Planet Moons Found — and Lost". Sky & Telescope.
(28 September 2012). "Irregular Satellites of the Outer Planets: Orbital Uncertainties and Astrometric Recoveries in 2009–2011". The Astronomical Journal.
(October 7, 2019). "Saturn Surpasses Jupiter After The Discovery Of 20 New Moons And You Can Help Name Them!". Carnegie Science.

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