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S/2006 S 3

Moon of Saturn

Summary

Moon of Saturn

Field	Value
name	S/2006 S 3
discovery_ref
discoverer	Sheppard et al.
discovered	2006
orbit_ref
semimajor
inclination	151.7°
eccentricity	0.434
period	−1164.3 days
satellite_of	Saturn
group	Norse group
physical_ref
mean_diameter	4 km
albedo	0.06 (assumed)
magnitude	24.6
abs_magnitude	15.6

S/2006 S 3 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 and April 2006.

S/2006 S 3 is about 6 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 21,308,400 km in 1160.7 days, at an inclination of 152.8° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.4707.

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

Discovery Circumstances [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_discovery from JPL]
[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]].
Tomatic, A. U.. (8 October 2019). "MPEC 2019-T164 : S/2006 S 3". Minor Planet Center.
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.

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