Key facts
- Discovered by
- S. Sheppard , D. Jewitt , J. Kleyna , and B. Marsden
- Discovery date
- May 4, 2005
- Designation
- Saturn XXXVIII
- Pronunciation
- / ˈ b ɛər j ɛ l m ɪər / or / ˈ b ɜːr ɡ əl m ɪər /
- Named after
- Bergelmir
- Alternative names
- S/2004 S 15
- Adjectives
- Bergelmian
- Semi major axis
- 19 338 000 km
- Orbital period sidereal
- 1 006 .659 d
- Inclination
- 158.5 °
- Satellite of
- Saturn
- Group
- Norse group
- Mean diameter
- 5 +50%, −30% km
- Synodic rotation period
- 8.13 ± 0.09 h
- Albedo
- 0.06 (assumed)
- Spectral type
- B–R = 1.10 ± 0.15
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- irregular moon
- Named after
- Bergelmir
- Parent body
- Saturn
- Diameter
- 5
- Mass
- 23
- Orbital period
- 1006.659
- Image
- Bergelmir.png
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- time of discovery or invention
- 2004-12-12
- provisional designation
- S/2004 S 15
- Commons category
- Bergelmir
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 19372191
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.142
- orbital inclination
- 158.5
- albedo
- 0.06
- surface gravity
- 0.0019
- name
- Saturn XXXVIII
- discoverer or inventor
- Jan Kleyna
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Encyclopedic overview
Bergelmir or Saturn XXXVIII (provisional designation S/2004 S 15) is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on May 4, 2005, from observations taken between December 12, 2004, and March 9, 2005.
Bergelmir is about 6 kilometers (4 miles) in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 19,338,000 km in 1006.659 days, at an inclination of 157° to the ecliptic (134° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.152. Its rotation period is 8.13±0.09 hours.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bergelmir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.