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Skathi

Moon of Saturn

Entitymoon of Saturn irregular moonQ17982

Also known as Skadi · Saturn XXVII · S/2000 S 8

Instance of: moon of Saturn
, irregular moon

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Skathi, also named Saturn XXVII and originally spelled Skadi, is a natural satellite of the planet Saturn. Skathi is one of Saturn's irregular moons, in its Norse group of satellites. It was discovered on September 23, 2000, by a team of astronomers led by Brett Gladman. The team announced their discovery on December 7, 2000, along with seven other satellites of Saturn, namely; Tarvos, Ijiraq, Thrymr, Siarnaq, Mundilfari, Erriapus, and Suttungr. The moon was named after Skaði, a figure in Norse mythology, as part of an effort to diversify the largely Greek and Roman names of astronomical objects.

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Orbits: Saturn
Discovered: September 23, 2000
Discovered by: Brett J. Gladman
John J. Kavelaars
Provisional designation: S/2000 S 8
Named after: Skaði
Semi-major axis: 15.6M km
Mass: 310 petagram
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1.ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_phys_parRetrieved 2020-09-05
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Name: Saturn XXVII
Inclination: 152.6 degree
Orbital period: -728.2 days
Diameter: 8 km
Albedo: 0.06
Eccentricity: 0.27

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3 identifiers linking Skathi across the web's reference databases

Freebase ID/m/02t08p
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7031586
NAIF ID627

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