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Suttungr (moon)

Moon of Saturn

Summary

Moon of Saturn

Field	Value
name	Suttungr
image	Suttungr-discovery-CFHT.gif
caption	Discovery images of Suttungr (circled) taken by the CFHT in September 2000
mpc_name	Saturn XXIII
alt_names	S/2000 S 12
pronounced
adjective	Suttung ,
Suttungian
named_after	Suttungr
discovered	2000
orbit_ref
semimajor
inclination	175.8°
eccentricity	0.114
period	−1016.7 days
satellite_of	Saturn
group	Norse group
physical_ref
mean_diameter
rotation	h
albedo	0.06 (assumed)
spectral_type	C
magnitude	23.9
abs_magnitude	14.5

Suttungian

Suttungr , or Saturn XXIII, is a natural satellite of Saturn. It was discovered by Brett J. Gladman, et al. in 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 S 12. It was named for Suttungr in Norse mythology, a Jötunn or giant who once owned the mead of poetry.

Suttungr is about 7 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 19,667 Mm in 1029.703 days. It may have formed from debris knocked off Phoebe. The Suttung orbit is retrograde, at an inclination of 174° to the ecliptic (151° to Saturn's equator) and with an eccentricity of 0.131. Its rotation period is hours, and like Albiorix its light curve exhibits two minima at certain angles, and three minima at others.{{cite conference

Its name was announced in its oblique form Suttung in IAU Circular 8177. However, the IAU Working Group on Planetary System Nomenclature later decided to add the nominative suffix -r to the base form Suttung.

References

{{dict.com. Suttung
[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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