Thrymr

Moon· orbits Saturn

Thrymr is a moon orbiting Saturn.

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Key facts

Orbit around Saturn
1,058 Earth days
2.90 Earth years

Science

Orbit around Saturn

Distance from Saturn
0.155 AU
Orbital period
2.90 years
Eccentricity
0.4713
Inclination
156.54 °

Radiation & temperature

Insolation
0.0113 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

Thrymr 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.