S/2004 S 36
Discovery[1]
Discovered bySheppard et al.
Discovery date2019
Designations
S5593a2[2]
Orbital characteristics [2]
23698700 km
Eccentricity0.667
−1354.2 days
Inclination147.6°
Satellite ofSaturn
GroupNorse group
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
3+50%
−30% km
25.3

S/2004 S 36 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, and Jan Kleyna on October 8, 2019, from observations taken between December 12, 2004, and February 1, 2006.[3]

S/2004 S 36 is about 3 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 23.192 Gm in 1319.07 days, at an inclination of 155° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.748, the highest of any of Saturn's moons.[3]

References

  1. ^ Discovery Circumstances from JPL
  2. ^ a b S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Saturn, Carnegie Science, on line
  3. ^ a b "MPEC 2019-T158 : S/2004 S 36". minorplanetcenter.net. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
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