Tarqeq
Moon· orbits Saturn
Tarqeq is a moon orbiting Saturn.
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Key facts
Orbit around Saturn
875 Earth days
2.39 Earth years
Science
Orbit around Saturn
- Distance from Saturn
- 0.157 AU
- Orbital period
- 2.39 years
- Eccentricity
- 0.149
- Inclination
- 56.46 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0112 S⊕ · 1% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna
Tarqeq was discovered in 2007 by S. Sheppard 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.