S/2006 S 1 | |
Discovery Ref: |   |
Discoverer: | Scott S. Sheppard David C. Jewitt Jan T. Kleyna |
Discovered: | 6 March 2006 |
Earliest Precovery Date: | 5 January 2005 |
Satellite Of: | Saturn |
Orbit Ref: |   |
Epoch: | 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5) |
Observation Arc: | 2.13 yr (776 d) |
Eccentricity: | 0.0814088 |
Period: | −2.604 yr (−951.1 d) |
Mean Anomaly: | 351.30293° |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Inclination: | 154.62928° |
Asc Node: | 351.18965° |
Arg Peri: | 176.02188° |
Mean Diameter: | |
Albedo: | 0.04 |
Magnitude: | 24.5 |
Abs Magnitude: | 15.6 |
Group: | Norse group |
S/2006 S 1 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 4 and April 30, 2006. S/2006 S 1 is about 6 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 18.65 Gm in 951.1 days, at an inclination of 154.6° to the ecliptic (178.9° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.0814.
The moon was once considered lost in 2006 as it was not seen since its discovery.[1] [2] The moon was later recovered and announced in October 2019.[3]