S/2004 S 39
Moon· orbits Saturn
S/2004 S 39 — moon of Saturn.
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Key facts
Orbit around Saturn
3.59 Earth years
1,311 Earth days
Science
Orbit around Saturn
- Distance from Saturn
- 0.148 AU
- Orbital period
- 3.59 years
- Eccentricity
- 0.1297
- Inclination
- 144.70 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0113 S⊕ · 1% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna
S/2004 S 39 is the provisional designation of a small moon of Saturn detected in 2004 by S.S. Sheppard 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.