S/2004S16
S/2004S16 information
Average distance
from
Saturn
:
22611000 km (0.1511
AU
)
Equatorial radius
:
2 km (
Diameter
: 4 km)
Siderial orbit period (length of year)
:
1269.362 earth days
Orbital eccentricity
:
0.131
Orbital inclination to ecliptic
:
163.0 degrees
S/2004S16, Saturn
S/2004S16
S/2004 S 16 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on May 4, 2005, from observations taken between December 13, 2004, and March 5, 2005. S/2004 S 16 is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 22,611 Mm in 1269.362 days, at an inclination of 163° to the ecliptic (151° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.131.
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Discovered by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden in 4.5.2004
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