Gunnlod (moon)

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Gunnlod
Discovery
Norse group
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
4+50%
−30% km
25.0

Gunnlod (Saturn LXII), provisionally known as S/2004 S 32, is a

Gunnlǫð, a jötunn from Norse mythology.[5] She is the daughter of Suttungr and guarded the mead of poetry for him.[6] But Odin in the form of a snake gained access to the chamber in Hnitbjorg where the mead was kept, seduced Gunnlǫð, and slept with her for three nights. In return Gunnlǫð allowed Odin three drinks of the mead, and he then immediately flew out of the cavern in the form of an eagle.[7][8]

Gunnlod is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 21.214 Gm in 1153.96 days, at an inclination of 159° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.251.[3]

References

  1. ^ Discovery Circumstances from JPL
  2. ^ a b S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Saturn, Carnegie Science, on line
  3. ^ a b "MPEC 2019-T154 : S/2004 S 32". minorplanetcenter.net. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  4. ^ "M.P.C. 133821" (PDF). Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Names Approved for 10 Small Satellites of Saturn". usgs.gov. USGS. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers". usgs.gov. IAU WGPSN. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  7. ISBN 978-0-304-34520-5
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  8. ISBN 978-0-19-983969-8
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