S/2007 S 3
Appearance
S/2007 S 3 is an unnamed moon of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on May 1, 2007, from observations taken between January 18 and April 19, 2007.
S/2007 S 3 is about 5 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 20,518,500 kilometres in about 1100 days, at an inclination of 177.22° to the ecliptic, with an eccentricity of 0.130.
References
[change | change source]- Institute for Astronomy Saturn Satellite Data
- MPEC 2007-J09: S/2007 S 2, S/2007 S 3 May 1 2007 (discovery and ephemeris)
- IAUC 8836: S/2007 S 1, S/2007 S 2, and S/2007 S 3 (subscription-only) May 11 2007 (discovery)