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Moon of Saturn
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]
References
^ Discovery Circumstances
from JPL
^
S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Saturn, Carnegie Science , on line
^ Denk, Tilmann; Mottola, Stefano; Tosi, Frederico; Bottke, William F.; Hamilton, Douglas P. (2018).
"The Irregular Satellites of Saturn" (PDF) . In Schenk, Paul M.; Clark, Roger N.; Howett, Carly J. A.; Verbiscer, Anne J.; Waite, J. Hunter (eds.). Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn . Space Science Series. Vol. 322. Tucson, AZ:
The University of Arizona Press . pp. 409–434.
Bibcode :
2018eims.book..409D .
doi :
10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816537075-ch020 .
ISBN
9780816537075 .
^
a
b Tomatic, A. U. (8 October 2019).
"MPEC 2019-T164 : S/2006 S 3" . Minor Planet Electronic Circular . Minor Planet Center.
^ Beatty, Kelly (4 April 2012).
"Outer-Planet Moons Found — and Lost" . www.skyandtelescope.com . Sky & Telescope. Retrieved 27 June 2017 .
^ Jacobson, B.; Brozović, M.; Gladman, B.; Alexandersen, M.; Nicholson, P. D.; Veillet, C. (28 September 2012).
"Irregular Satellites of the Outer Planets: Orbital Uncertainties and Astrometric Recoveries in 2009–2011" . The Astronomical Journal . 144 (5): 132.
Bibcode :
2012AJ....144..132J .
doi :
10.1088/0004-6256/144/5/132 .
S2CID
123117568 .
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