S/2004 S 13 | |
Discovery Ref: |   |
Discoverer: | Scott S. Sheppard et al. |
Discovery Site: | Mauna Kea Obs. |
Discovered: | 12 December 2004 |
Orbit Ref: |   |
Epoch: | 9 August 2022 (JD 2459800.5) |
Observation Arc: | 15.60 yr (5,699 days) |
Eccentricity: | 0.2713528 |
Period: | –2.57 yr (–938.36 d) |
Mean Anomaly: | 318.38441° |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Inclination: | 166.99515° |
Asc Node: | 235.01103° |
Arg Peri: | 18.66111° |
Satellite Of: | Saturn |
Group: | Norse group |
Mean Diameter: | ≈ |
Albedo: | 0.04 |
Magnitude: | 24.5 |
Abs Magnitude: | 16.3 |
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.
This moon was considered lost[1] until its recovery was announced on 12 October 2022.