Siarnaq
Moon· orbits Saturn
Siarnaq is a moon orbiting Saturn.
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Key facts
Orbit around Saturn
875 Earth days
2.40 Earth years
Science
Orbit around Saturn
- Distance from Saturn
- 0.19 AU
- Orbital period
- 2.40 years
- Eccentricity
- 0.4618
- Inclination
- 65.50 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0112 S⊕ · 1% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl, M. Holman, B.G. Marsden, P. Nicholson, J.A. Burns
Siarnaq was discovered in 2000 by B. Gladman and colleagues. Saturn's moons are named after giants and deities of world mythology — its distant irregular moons after Norse, Inuit and Gallic figures. Beyond its discovery and naming, little more about it has been individually recorded.
Images
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.