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Vinony's link graph records 123 inbound references to Jarnsaxa, and connects out to Mimas, moon of Saturn and orbital inclination.
Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 2006, Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard and Irregular satellites.
Vinony links it to 40 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Discovered by
- Scott S. Sheppard , David C. Jewitt , Jan T. Kleyna , Brian G. Marsden
- Discovery date
- June 26, 2006
- Designation
- Saturn L
- Pronunciation
- / j ɑːr n ˈ s æ k s ə /
- Named after
- Járnsaxa
- Alternative names
- S/2006 S 6
- Semi major axis
- 18 811 000 km
- Orbital period sidereal
- −964.7 days
- Inclination
- 163.3°
- Satellite of
- Saturn
- Group
- Norse group
- Mean diameter
- 4 km
- Albedo
- 0.06 (assumed)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- irregular moon
- Named after
- Járnsaxa
- Parent body
- Saturn
- Diameter
- 6
- Orbital period
- -964.7
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- provisional designation
- S/2006 S 6
- time of discovery or invention
- 2006-01-05
- discoverer or inventor
- Brian G. Marsden
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 18600000
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.216
- orbital inclination
- 163.3
- apparent magnitude
- 24.7
- name
- Saturn L
- Commons category
- Jarnsaxa (moon)
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Encyclopedic overview
Jarnsaxa, also known as Saturn L (provisional designation S/2006 S 6), is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on June 26, 2006, from observations taken between January 5 and April 29, 2006.
Jarnsaxa is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 18,556.9 Mm in 943.784 days, at an inclination of 162.9° to the ecliptic (164.1° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.1918. It is a member of the Norse group of irregular satellites.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jarnsaxa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.