S/2004 S 39

S/2004 S 39
Discovery^[1]
Discovered by	Sheppard et al.
Discovery date	2019
Designations
Alternative names	S64454x^[2]
Orbital characteristics^[2]
Semi-major axis	22790400 km
Eccentricity	0.081
Orbital period (sidereal)	−1277.5 days
Inclination	167.6°
Satellite of	Saturn
Group	Norse group
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	2 km
Apparent magnitude	25.5
Absolute magnitude (H)	16.3

S/2004 S 39 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, and Jan Kleyna on October 8, 2019 from observations taken between December 12, 2004 and March 21, 2007.^[3]

S/2004 S 39 is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 23.575 Gm in 1351.83 days, at an inclination of 167° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.080.^[3]

References

^ Discovery Circumstances from JPL
^ ^a ^b S.S. Sheppard (2019). "Moons of Saturn, Carnegie Science, on line".
^ ^a ^b "MPEC 2019-T161 : S/2004 S 39". minorplanetcenter.net. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

Moons of Saturn

Listed in approximately increasing distance from Saturn

Ring moonlets

Ring shepherds

Other inner moons

Alkyonides

Inner large
(with trojans)

Outer large

Rhea
Titan
Hyperion
Iapetus

Inuit group (12)

Kiviuq group (5)	S/2019 S 1 Kiviuq S/2005 S 4 S/2020 S 1 Ijiraq
Paaliaq group (1)	Paaliaq
Siarnaq group (6)	S/2004 S 31 Tarqeq Siarnaq S/2019 S 14 S/2020 S 3 S/2020 S 5

Gallic group (7)

Norse group (100)

Phoebe group (3)	Phoebe S/2006 S 20 S/2006 S 9

Skathi
S/2007 S 5
S/2007 S 7
S/2007 S 2
S/2004 S 37
S/2004 S 47
S/2004 S 40
S/2019 S 2
S/2019 S 3
S/2020 S 7
Skoll
S/2020 S 2
S/2019 S 4
S/2004 S 41
S/2004 S 42
Hyrrokkin
Greip
S/2004 S 13
S/2007 S 6
Mundilfari
S/2006 S 1
S/2004 S 43
S/2006 S 10
S/2019 S 5
Gridr
Bergelmir
Jarnsaxa
Narvi
Suttungr
S/2007 S 3
S/2004 S 44
S/2004 S 45
Hati
S/2004 S 17
S/2006 S 11
S/2004 S 12
Eggther
S/2006 S 13
S/2007 S 9
S/2019 S 7
S/2019 S 8
Farbauti
Thrymr
Bestla
S/2019 S 9
S/2004 S 46
Angrboda
S/2019 S 11
Aegir
Beli
S/2019 S 10
S/2019 S 12
Gerd
S/2019 S 13
S/2006 S 14
Gunnlod
S/2019 S 15
S/2020 S 6
S/2004 S 7
S/2006 S 3
S/2005 S 5
Skrymir
S/2006 S 16
S/2006 S 15
S/2004 S 28
S/2020 S 8
Alvaldi
Kari
S/2004 S 48
Geirrod
Fenrir
S/2004 S 50
S/2006 S 17
S/2004 S 49
S/2019 S 17
Surtur
S/2006 S 18
Loge
Ymir
S/2019 S 19
S/2004 S 21
S/2019 S 18
S/2004 S 39
S/2019 S 16
S/2004 S 53
S/2004 S 36
Thiazzi
S/2019 S 20
S/2006 S 19
Saturn LXIV
Fornjot
S/2004 S 51
S/2020 S 10
S/2020 S 9
Saturn LVIII
S/2019 S 21
S/2004 S 52

Outlier prograde moons

S/2006 S 12

S/2019 S 6

S/2004 S 24

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Moons	S/2009 S 1 Ring moonlets Pan Daphnis Atlas Prometheus Pandora Epimetheus Janus Aegaeon Mimas Methone Anthe Pallene Enceladus Tethys Telesto Calypso Dione Helene Polydeuces Rhea Titan Hyperion Iapetus Inuit group Kiviuq Paaliaq Siarnaq Gallic group Albiorix Norse group Phoebe
Astronomy	Delta Octantis Saturn-crossing minor planets
Exploration	Cassini–Huygens (Huygens) timeline retirement Pioneer 11 Voyager program Voyager 1 Voyager 2
Related	Fiction The Day the Earth Smiled In Saturn's Rings (2018 documentary)
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