S/2007 S 3
S/2007 S 3 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on May 1, 2007 from observations taken between January 18 and April 19, 2007. S/2007 S 3 is about 5 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 20,518,500 kilometres in about 1100 days, at an inclination of 177.22° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.130.
Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | Sheppard et al. |
Discovery date | 2007 |
Orbital characteristics [2] | |
20518500 km | |
Eccentricity | 0.130 |
−1100 days | |
Inclination | 177.2° |
Satellite of | Saturn |
Group | Norse group? |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 5+50% −30% km |
24.9 | |
This moon has not been seen since its discovery in 2007 and is currently considered lost.[3][4][5]
References
- Discovery Circumstances from JPL
- S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Saturn, Carnegie Science, on line
- Beatty, Kelly (4 April 2012). "Outer-Planet Moons Found — and Lost". www.skyandtelescope.com. Sky & Telescope. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- Brozović, Marina; Jacobson, Robert A. (9 March 2017). "The Orbits of Jupiter's Irregular Satellites". The Astronomical Journal. 153 (4): 147. Bibcode:2017AJ....153..147B. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa5e4d.
- Jacobson, B.; Brozović, M.; Gladman, B.; Alexandersen, M.; Nicholson, P. D.; Veillet, C. (28 September 2012). "Irregular Satellites of the Outer Planets: Orbital Uncertainties and Astrometric Recoveries in 2009–2011". The Astronomical Journal. 144 (5): 132. Bibcode:2012AJ....144..132J. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/144/5/132.
- Institute for Astronomy Saturn Satellite Data
- MPEC 2007-J09: S/2007 S 2, S/2007 S 3 May 1, 2007 (discovery and ephemeris)
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