S/2004 S 31
S/2004 S 31 is a natural satellite of Saturn and a member of the Inuit group. 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 March 22, 2007.[3]
Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | Sheppard et al. |
Discovery date | 2019 |
Designations | |
T522499[2] | |
Orbital characteristics [2] | |
17402800 km | |
Eccentricity | 0.242 |
−853.80 days | |
Inclination | 48.11° |
Satellite of | Saturn |
Group | Inuit group |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 4+50% −30% km |
24.9 | |
S/2004 S 31 is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 17,568 Gm in 869.65 days, at an inclination of 48.8° to the ecliptic, with an eccentricity of 0.240. [3]
References
- Discovery Circumstances from JPL
- S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Saturn, Carnegie Science, on line
- "MPEC 2019-T153 : S/2004 S 31". minorplanetcenter.net. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
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