S/2004 S 37 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 2, 2006.[3]
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Sheppard et al. |
| Discovery date | 2019 |
| Designations | |
| S6055a2[2] | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| 16003300 km | |
| Eccentricity | 0.506 |
| −752.88 days | |
| Inclination | 164.0° |
| Satellite of | Saturn |
| Group | Norse group |
| Physical characteristics[2] | |
| 4 km | |
| 25.1 | |
S/2004 S 37 is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 15.892 Gm in 748.18 days, at an inclination of 163° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.497.[3]
References
edit- ^ Discovery Circumstances from JPL
- ^ a b c S.S. Sheppard (2019). "Moons of Saturn, Carnegie Science, on line".
- ^ a b "MPEC 2019-T159 : S/2004 S 37". minorplanetcenter.net. Retrieved 8 October 2019.