S/2004 S18
S/2004 S18 information
Average distance
from
Saturn
:
19959000 km (0.1334
AU
)
Equatorial radius
:
3.5 km (
Diameter
: 7 km)
Siderial orbit period (length of year)
:
1052.722 earth days
Orbital eccentricity
:
0.772
Orbital inclination to ecliptic
:
147 degrees
S/2004 S18, Saturn
S/2004 S18
S/2004 S 18 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 18 is about 7 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 19,959,000 km in 1052.722 days, at an inclination of 147° to the ecliptic (154° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.772.
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Discovered by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden in 4.5.2004
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