S/2006 S 3 Explained

S/2006 S 3
Discovery Ref:[1]
Discoverer:Sheppard et al.
Discovered:2006
Orbit Ref:[2]
Inclination:151.7°
Eccentricity:0.434
Period:−1164.3 days
Satellite Of:Saturn
Group:Norse group
Physical Ref:[3]
Mean Diameter:4 km
Albedo:0.06 (assumed)
Magnitude:24.6
Abs Magnitude:15.6

S/2006 S 3 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on June 26, 2006 from observations taken between January and April 2006.

S/2006 S 3 is about 6 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 21,308,400 km in 1160.7 days, at an inclination of 152.8° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.4707.[4]

The moon was once considered lost in 2006 as it was not seen since its discovery.[5] [6] The moon was later recovered and announced in October 2019.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Discovery Circumstances from JPL
  2. https://sites.google.com/carnegiescience.edu/sheppard/moons/saturnmoons S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Saturn, Carnegie Science, on line
  3. Book: Denk . Tilmann . Mottola . Stefano . Tosi . Frederico . Bottke . William F. . Hamilton . Douglas P. . . 2018 . 9780816537075 . Schenk . Paul M. . Space Science Series . 322 . Tucson, AZ . 409–434 . The Irregular Satellites of Saturn . 2018eims.book..409D . 10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816537075-ch020 . Clark . Roger N. . Howett . Carly J. A. . Verbiscer . Anne J. . Waite . J. Hunter. https://tilmanndenk.de/wp-content/uploads/DenkEtAl2018_IrregularMoons.pdf.
  4. Web site: MPEC 2019-T164 : S/2006 S 3. A. U.. Tomatic. Minor Planet Electronic Circular. Minor Planet Center. 8 October 2019.
  5. Web site: Outer-Planet Moons Found — and Lost . Beatty . Kelly . 4 April 2012 . www.skyandtelescope.com . Sky & Telescope . 27 June 2017.
  6. 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 .

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