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S/2020 S 5

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S/2020 S 5
Discovery
Discovered by	E. Ashton, Brett J. Gladman
Discovery date	2020
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	18,391,300 km (11,427,800 mi)^[1]
Eccentricity	0.220
Orbital period (sidereal)	2.557 yrs (933.88 d)^[1]
Inclination	48.2° (to the ecliptic)
Satellite of	Saturn
Group	Inuit group (Siarnaq)
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	3 km
Absolute magnitude (H)	16.6

S/2020 S 5 is a natural satelliteofSaturn. Its discovery was announced by Edward Ashton, Brett J. Gladman, Jean-Marc Petit and Mike Alexandersen on May 6, 2023 from observations taken between July 3, 2019 and July 9, 2021.^[2]

S/2020 S 5 is about 3 kilometers in diameter, and orbits Saturn at a distance of 18.422 Gm in 933.52 days, at an inclination of 49.41, orbits in prograde direction and eccentricity of 0.135.^[2] S/2020 S 5 belongs to the Inuit group and it may be a Siarnaq fragment that broke off long ago, since it shares the same orbital elements.^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Planetary Satellite Mean Elements". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

^ ^a ^b ^c "MPEC 2023-J39 : S/2020 S 5". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

^ ^a ^b "S/2020 S 5". Tilmann's Web Site. Tilmann Denk. Retrieved 25 December 2023.

Moons of Saturn

Listed in approximately increasing distance from Saturn

Ring moonlets

Ring shepherds

Other inner moons

Alkyonides

Large moons
(with trojans)

Inuit group (12)

Kiviuq subgroup

Paaliaq subgroup

Paaliaq

Siarnaq subgroup

Gallic group (7)

Norse group (100)

Phoebe subgroup

Skathi
S/2007 S 5
S/2007 S 7
S/2007 S 2
S/2004 S 37
S/2004 S 47
S/2004 S 40
S/2019 S 2
S/2019 S 3
S/2020 S 7
Skoll
S/2020 S 2
S/2019 S 4
S/2004 S 41
S/2004 S 42
Hyrrokkin
Greip
S/2004 S 13
S/2007 S 6
Mundilfari
S/2006 S 1
S/2004 S 43
S/2006 S 10
S/2019 S 5
Gridr
Bergelmir
Jarnsaxa
Narvi
Suttungr
S/2007 S 3
S/2004 S 44
S/2004 S 45
Hati
S/2004 S 17
S/2006 S 11
S/2004 S 12
Eggther
S/2006 S 13
S/2007 S 9
S/2019 S 7
S/2019 S 8
Farbauti
Thrymr
Bestla
S/2019 S 9
S/2004 S 46
Angrboda
S/2019 S 11
Aegir
Beli
S/2019 S 10
S/2019 S 12
Gerd
S/2019 S 13
S/2006 S 14
Gunnlod
S/2019 S 15
S/2020 S 6
S/2004 S 7
S/2006 S 3
S/2005 S 5
Skrymir
S/2006 S 16
S/2006 S 15
S/2004 S 28
S/2020 S 8
Alvaldi
Kari
S/2004 S 48
Geirrod
Fenrir
S/2004 S 50
S/2006 S 17
S/2004 S 49
S/2019 S 17
Surtur
S/2006 S 18
Loge
Ymir
S/2019 S 19
S/2004 S 21
S/2019 S 18
S/2004 S 39
S/2019 S 16
S/2004 S 53
S/2004 S 36
Thiazzi
S/2019 S 20
S/2006 S 19
Saturn LXIV
Fornjot
S/2004 S 51
S/2020 S 10
S/2020 S 9
Saturn LVIII
S/2019 S 21
S/2004 S 52

Outlier prograde
irregular moons

S/2006 S 12

S/2019 S 6

S/2004 S 24

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