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S/2007 S 3

moon of Saturn

Key facts

Discovered by: Scott S. Sheppard et al.
Discovery site: Mauna Kea Obs.
Discovery date: 16 January 2007
Observation arc: 14.48 yr (5,287 days)
Semi major axis: 0.1298753 AU (19,429,000 km)
Orbital period sidereal: –2.77 yr (–1011.10 d)
Mean anomaly: 270.66716 °
Mean motion: 0° 21 21.778 / day
Inclination: 176.62877° (to ecliptic )
Longitude of ascending node: 127.32559°
Argument of perihelion: 18.70983°
Satellite of: Saturn
Group: Norse group
Mean diameter: ≈ 5 km
Albedo: 0.04 (assumed)

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S/2007 S 3 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on 1 May 2007 from observations taken between 18 January and 19 April 2007.

S/2007 S 3 is about 5 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 19,429,000 kilometres in about 1,011 days, at an inclination of 176.6° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.143.