Saturn LX
Discovery[1]
Discovered bySheppard et al.
Discovery date2019
Designations
S/2004 S 29
S2428b[2]
Orbital characteristics[3]
17063900 km
Eccentricity0.485
837.78 days
Inclination38.6°
Satellite ofSaturn
GroupGallic group[4]: 7 
Physical characteristics[2]
Mean diameter
4 km
24.9
15.8[5]

Saturn LX, provisionally known as S/2004 S 29, is a natural satellite of Saturn and a member of the Gallic group. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, and Jan Kleyna on October 7, 2019 from observations taken between December 12, 2004 and January 17, 2007.[5] It was given its permanent designation in August 2021.[6]

Saturn LX is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 17 million km (11 million mi) in 837.78 d (2.2937 a), at an average inclination of 38.6° to the ecliptic, with an eccentricity of 0.485.[3]

Saturn LX was initially thought to be part of the Inuit group before it was recategorized to the Gallic group in 2022.[4]: 7 

References

  1. ^ Discovery Circumstances from JPL
  2. ^ a b S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Saturn, Carnegie Science, on line
  3. ^ a b "Planetary Satellite Mean Elements". JPL Solar System Dynamics. NASA. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b Jacobson, Robert A.; Brozović, Marina; Mastrodemos, Nickolaos; Riedel, Joseph E.; Sheppard, Scott S. (December 2022). "Ephemerides of the Irregular Saturnian Satellites from Earth-based Astrometry and Cassini Imaging". The Astronomical Journal. 164 (6): 10. Bibcode:2022AJ....164..240J. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac98c7. 240.
  5. ^ a b "MPEC 2019-T136 : S/2004 S 29". minorplanetcenter.net. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  6. ^ "M.P.C. 133821" (PDF). Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.


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