S/2007 S 3 | |
Discoverer: | Scott S. Sheppard et al. |
Discovery Site: | Mauna Kea Obs. |
Discovered: | 16 January 2007 |
Epoch: | 9 August 2022 (JD 2459800.5) |
Observation Arc: | 14.48 yr (5,287 days) |
Eccentricity: | 0.1428233 |
Period: | –2.77 yr (–1011.10 d) |
Mean Anomaly: | 270.66716° |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Inclination: | 176.62877° |
Asc Node: | 127.32559° |
Arg Peri: | 18.70983° |
Satellite Of: | Saturn |
Group: | Norse group |
Mean Diameter: | ≈ |
Albedo: | 0.04 |
Magnitude: | 24.9 |
Abs Magnitude: | 15.7 |
S/2007 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 1 May 2007 from observations taken between 18 January and 19 April 2007.
S/2007 S 3 is about 5 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 19,429,000 kilometres in about 1,011 days, at an inclination of 176.6° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.143.
This moon was considered lost[1] until its recovery was announced on 12 October 2022.