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Also known as S/2004 S 8, Saturn XLII

moon of saturn

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Within Vinony's link graph, Fornjot is referenced by 125 other articles, and connects out to Mimas, moon of Saturn and orbital inclination.

It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 2005, Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard and Irregular satellites.

Its subject is documented across 41 Wikipedia language editions.

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Discovered by
Scott S. Sheppard , David C. Jewitt , Jan T. Kleyna , Brian G. Marsden
Discovery date
December 2004
Designation
Saturn XLII
Pronunciation
/ ˈ f ɔːr n j oʊ t / , Icelandic: [ ˈfɔ(r)tnˌjouːt ]
Named after
Fornjót
Alternative names
S/2004 S 8
Semi major axis
25 108 000 km
Orbital period sidereal
−1490.9 days
Inclination
170.4°
Satellite of
Saturn
Group
Norse group
Mean diameter
6 +50%, −30% km
Synodic rotation period
(6.9 or 9.5) ± 0.4? h
Albedo
0.06 (assumed)
Spectral type
r – i = 0.20 ± 0.09

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Wikidata facts

Diameter
6
Orbital period
-1490.9
Image
Fornjot-cassini.png
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time of discovery or invention
2004-12-12
provisional designation
S/2004 S 8
Commons category
Fornjot
semi-major axis of an orbit
23608938
name
Saturn XLII
orbital eccentricity
0.206
orbital inclination
170.4
apparent magnitude
24.6
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Encyclopedic overview

Fornjot /ˈfɔːrnjoʊt/ or Saturn XLII is the outermost named moon of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on 4 May 2005 from observations taken between 12 December 2004, and 11 March 2005. It had the largest semi-major axis among all the known moons of Saturn until the recovery of Saturn LVIII in 2019.

It is about 6 kilometres in diameter, and it orbits Saturn at an average distance of 23,609 Mm in 1491 d at an inclination of 168° to the ecliptic (160° to Saturn's equator) in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.186. It is ambiguous whether the rotation period is 6.9 or 9.5±0.4 hours, but it is known to show very little variation in brightness and is probably very round in shape. It was also the faintest moon that was measured by Cassini–Huygens.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fornjot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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