S/2004 S 7 Explained

S/2004 S 7
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:15.61 yr (5,703 days)
Eccentricity:0.5743875
Period:–3.24 yr (–1181.80 d)
Mean Anomaly:94.00208°
Mean Motion: / day
Inclination:165.04992°
Asc Node:14.74072°
Arg Peri:127.76280°
Satellite Of:Saturn
Group:Norse group
Mean Diameter:
Albedo:0.04
Magnitude:24.5
Abs Magnitude:15.6

S/2004 S 7 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 8 March 2005.

S/2004 S 7 is about 6 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 21,559,000 kilometres in about 1,182 days, at an inclination of 165.0° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.574. Denk et al. (2018) tentatively assigned this moon to the Mundilfari dynamical family, but it may instead be more closely related to Thrymr.[1]

This moon was considered lost[2] until its recovery was announced on 12 October 2022.

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: T. . Denk. S. . Mottola. W. F. . Bottke. D. P. . Hamilton. 2018. Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn. The Irregular Satellites of Saturn. University of Arizona Press. 322. 409–434. 9780816537488. 10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816537075-ch020. 2018eims.book..409D.
  2. 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 .