S/2020 S 5
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Ashton, Brett J. Gladman |
| Discovery date | 2020 |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| 18,391,300 km (11,427,800 mi) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.220 |
| 2.557 yrs (933.88 d) | |
| Inclination | 48.2° (to the ecliptic) |
| Satellite of | Saturn |
| Group | Inuit group (Siarnaq) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 3 km | |
| 16.6 | |
S/2020 S 5 is a natural satellite of Saturn. 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 million km in 933.52 days, at an inclination of 49.41°, orbits in a prograde direction and with an 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]
The orbit of S/2020 S 5 librates in accordance with the von Zeipel–Lidov–Kozai effect.[4]
References
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