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- Provisional designation
- S/2004 S 25
- Semi-major axis
- 21.2M km
- Eccentricity
- 0.457
- Orbital period
- -1,095 days
- Discovered
- October 7, 2019
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Gerd, provisionally known as S/2004 S 25, is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, and Jan Kleyna on October 7, 2019 from observations taken between December 12, 2004 and March 22, 2007. It was given its permanent designation in August 2021. On 24 August 2022, it was officially named after Gerðr, a jötunn from Norse mythology. She is married to Freyr and is the personification of fertile soil.