S/2004 S 13
Appearance
Discovery[1] | |
---|---|
Discovered by | Sheppard et al. |
Discovery date | 2005 |
Orbital characteristics [2] | |
18450000 km | |
Eccentricity | 0.273 |
−906 days | |
Inclination | 167.4° |
Satellite of | Saturn |
Group | Norse group? |
Physical characteristics | |
6+50% −30% km | |
24.5 | |
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 18,056 Mm in 905.848 days, at an inclination of 167° to the ecliptic (143° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.261.
This moon has not been seen since its discovery in 2004 and is currently considered lost.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ Discovery Circumstances from JPL
- ^ S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Saturn, Carnegie Science, on line
- ^ Beatty, Kelly (4 April 2012). "Outer-Planet Moons Found — and Lost". www.skyandtelescope.com. Sky & Telescope. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ Brozović, Marina; Jacobson, Robert A. (9 March 2017). "The Orbits of Jupiter's Irregular Satellites". The Astronomical Journal. 153 (4): 147. Bibcode:2017AJ....153..147B. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa5e4d.
- ^ Jacobson, B.; Brozović, M.; Gladman, B.; Alexandersen, M.; Nicholson, P. D.; Veillet, C. (28 September 2012). "Irregular Satellites of the Outer Planets: Orbital Uncertainties and Astrometric Recoveries in 2009–2011". The Astronomical Journal. 144 (5): 132. Bibcode:2012AJ....144..132J. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/144/5/132.
- Institute for Astronomy Saturn Satellite Data
- Jewitt's New Satellites of Saturn page
- MPEC 2005-J13: Twelve New Satellites of Saturn May 3, 2005 (discovery and ephemeris)