S/2004 S 17 Explained

S/2004 S 17
Discoverer:Scott S. Sheppard et al.
Discovery Site:Mauna Kea Obs.
Discovered:13 December 2004
Epoch:9 August 2022 (JD 2459800.5)
Observation Arc:15.67 yr (5,725 days)
Eccentricity:0.1647702
Period:–2.86 yr (–1043.92 d)
Mean Anomaly:226.13753°
Mean Motion: / day
Inclination:168.11825°
Asc Node:34.46812°
Arg Peri:186.71765°
Satellite Of:Saturn
Group:Norse group
Mean Diameter:
Albedo:0.04
Magnitude:25.2
Abs Magnitude:16.0

S/2004 S 17 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 13 December 2004 and 5 March 2005.

S/2004 S 17 is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 19,847,000 kilometres in about 1,044 days, at an inclination of 168.1° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.165.

This moon was considered lost[1] until its recovery was announced on 12 October 2022.

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Notes and References

  1. Jacobson . B. . Brozović . M. . B. . Gladman . M. . Alexandersen . P. D. . Nicholson . C. . Veillet . 28 September 2012 . Irregular Satellites of the Outer Planets: Orbital Uncertainties and Astrometric Recoveries in 2009–2011 . The Astronomical Journal . 144 . 5 . 132 . 10.1088/0004-6256/144/5/132 . 2012AJ....144..132J . 123117568 . free .