Geirrod
Moon· orbits Saturn
Geirrod is a moon orbiting Saturn.
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Key facts
Orbit around Saturn
3.45 Earth years
1,260 Earth days
Science
Orbit around Saturn
- Distance from Saturn
- 6,770,468 km
- Orbital period
- 3.45 years
- Eccentricity
- 0.5561
- Inclination
- 132.70 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0113 S⊕ · 1% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna
Geirrod was discovered in 2004 by S.S. Sheppard and colleagues. Saturn's moons are named after giants and deities of world mythology — its distant irregular moons after Norse, Inuit and Gallic figures. Beyond its discovery and naming, little more about it has been individually recorded.
Images
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.