S/2004 S17
S/2004 S17 information
Average distance
from
Saturn
:
19099000 km (0.1277
AU
)
Equatorial radius
:
2 km (
Diameter
: 4 km)
Siderial orbit period (length of year)
:
985.453 earth days
Orbital eccentricity
:
0.226
Orbital inclination to ecliptic
:
167 degrees
S/2004 S17, Saturn
S/2004 S17
S/2004 S 17 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 4, 2005, from observations taken between December 13, 2004, and March 5, 2005. S/2004 S 17 is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 19,099 Mm in 985.453 days, at an inclination of 167° to the ecliptic (168° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.226.
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