S/2004 S 13

moon of Saturn

Key facts

Discovered by: Scott S. Sheppard et al.
Discovery site: Mauna Kea Obs.
Discovery date: 12 December 2004
Observation arc: 15.60 yr (5,699 days)
Semi major axis: 0.1235696 AU (18,486,000 km)
Orbital period sidereal: –2.57 yr (–938.36 d)
Mean anomaly: 318.38441 °
Mean motion: 0° 23 1.133 / day
Inclination: 166.99515° (to ecliptic )
Longitude of ascending node: 235.01103°
Argument of perihelion: 18.66111°
Satellite of: Saturn

Article

S/2004 S 13 is a natural satellite 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 9 March 2005.

S/2004 S 13 is about 6 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 18,486,000 kilometres in about 938 days, at an inclination of 167.0° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.271.