S/2004 S 56
Moon· orbits Saturn
S/2004 S 56 — moon of Saturn.
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Key facts
Orbit around Saturn
599 Earth days
1.64 Earth years
Science
Orbit around Saturn
- Distance from Saturn
- 0.108 AU
- Orbital period
- 598.6 days
- Eccentricity
- 0.3508
- Inclination
- 173.92 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.011 S⊕ · 1% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, E.J. Ashton, B.J. Gladman, J.-M. Petit, M. Alexandersen, J. Kleyna
S/2004 S 56 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.