S/2004 S 12
Moon· orbits Saturn
S/2004 S 12 — moon of Saturn.
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Key facts
Orbit around Saturn
1,016 Earth days
2.78 Earth years
Science
Orbit around Saturn
- Distance from Saturn
- 0.133 AU
- Orbital period
- 2.78 years
- Eccentricity
- 0.3282
- Inclination
- 168.08 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0111 S⊕ · 1% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- D. Jewitt, S. Sheppard, J. Kleyna
S/2004 S 12 is the provisional designation of a small moon of Saturn detected in 2005 by D. Jewitt 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.