Saturn LXIV | |
Alt Names: | S/2004 S 34 S5613a2 |
Discovery Ref: | [1] |
Discoverer: | Sheppard et al. |
Discovered: | 2019 |
Orbit Ref: | [2] |
Inclination: | 165.7° |
Eccentricity: | 0.267 |
Period: | −1412.5 days |
Satellite Of: | Saturn |
Group: | Norse group |
Magnitude: | 25.3 |
Mean Diameter: | 3 km |
Saturn LXIV, provisionally known as S/2004 S 34, is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, and Jan Kleyna on October 8, 2019, from observations taken between December 12, 2004, and March 21, 2007.[3] It was given its permanent designation in August 2021.[4]
Saturn LXIV is about 3 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 24.299 Gm in 1,414.59 days, at an inclination of 166° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction, and with an eccentricity of 0.235.[3]