S/2004 S 17

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S/2004 S 17
Discovery[1]
Discovered bySheppard et al.
Discovery date2005
Orbital characteristics[2]
18600000 km
Eccentricity0.259
−986 days
Inclination166.6°
Satellite ofSaturn
GroupNorse group?
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
4+50%
−30%
 km
25.2

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 (162° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.226.

This moon has not been seen since its discovery and is currently considered lost.[3][4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ Discovery Circumstances from JPL
  2. ^ S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Saturn, Carnegie Science, on line
  3. ^ Beatty, Kelly (4 April 2012). "Outer-Planet Moons Found — and Lost". www.skyandtelescope.com. Sky & Telescope. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
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