S/2006 S 1
Moon of Saturn
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S/2006 S 1 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on June 26, 2006 from observations taken between January 4 and April 30, 2006. S/2006 S 1 is about 6 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 18.65 million km in 951.1 days, at an inclination of 154.6° to the ecliptic (178.9° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.0814.[1]
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Scott S. Sheppard David C. Jewitt Jan T. Kleyna |
| Discovery date | 6 March 2006 |
| Orbital characteristics [2] | |
| Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5) | |
| Observation arc | 2.13 yr (776 d) |
| Earliest precovery date | 5 January 2005 |
| 0.1246859 AU (18,652,750 km) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0814088 |
| −2.604 yr (−951.1 d) | |
| 351.30293° | |
| 0° 22m 42.627s / day | |
| Inclination | 154.62928° (to the ecliptic) |
| 351.18965° | |
| 176.02188° | |
| Satellite of | Saturn |
| Group | Norse group |
| Physical characteristics | |
| ≈5 km[3] ≈3 km[4] | |
| Albedo | 0.04 (assumed)[4] |
| 24.5[3] | |
| 15.6[2] | |
The moon was once considered lost in 2006 as it was not seen since its discovery.[5][6] The moon was later recovered and announced in October 2019.[7][3]