S/2023 S 54
Moon· orbits Saturn
S/2023 S 54 — moon of Saturn.
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Key facts
Orbit around Saturn
849 Earth days
2.32 Earth years
Science
Orbit around Saturn
- Distance from Saturn
- 6,032,833 km
- Orbital period
- 2.32 years
- Eccentricity
- 0.6352
- Inclination
- 44.39 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0113 S⊕ · 1% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- E.J. Ashton, B.J. Gladman, J.-M. Petit, M. Alexandersen, W.C. Fraser, S.M. Lawler, J.J. Kavelaars
S/2023 S 54 is the provisional designation of a small moon of Saturn detected in 2023 by E.J. Ashton 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.