S/2007 S 3

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S/2007 S 3
Discovery
Norse group
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
≈5 km[3]
Albedo0.04 (assumed)[3]
24.9[3]
15.7[2]

S/2007 S 3 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on 1 May 2007 from observations taken between 18 January and 19 April 2007.

S/2007 S 3 is about 5 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 19,429,000 kilometres in about 1,011 days, at an

retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.143.[2][4]

This moon was considered

lost[5] until its recovery was announced on 12 October 2022.[2]

References

  1. ^ Discovery Circumstances from JPL
  2. ^ a b c d "MPEC 2022-T125 : S/2007 S 3". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. Minor Planet Center. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Saturn, Carnegie Science, on line
  4. ^ Jacobson, R.A. (2007) SAT272 (2007-06-28). "Planetary Satellite Mean Orbital Parameters". JPL/NASA. Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2008-01-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. S2CID 123117568
    .


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