S/2002 N 5
Moon· orbits Neptune
S/2002 N 5 — moon of Neptune.
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Key facts
Orbit around Neptune
8.69 Earth years
3,175 Earth days
Science
Orbit around Neptune
- Distance from Neptune
- 0.233 AU
- Orbital period
- 8.69 years
- Eccentricity
- 0.5376
- Inclination
- 47.83 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.00113 S⊕ · 1/883 of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- M. Holman, J.J. Kavelaars, T. Grav, W. Fraser
S/2002 N 5 is the provisional designation of a small moon of Neptune detected in 2002 by M. Holman and colleagues. It has not yet been given a permanent name, and little is known about it beyond its discovery and orbit.
Images
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.