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Tarqeq

Moon of Saturn

Entitymoon of Saturn irregular moonQ18010

Also known as Saturn LII · S/2007 S 1

Instance of: moon of Saturn
, irregular moon

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Tarqeq, also known as Saturn LII, is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on 13 April 2007 from observations taken between 5 January 2006 and 22 March 2007. It is named after Tarqeq, the Inuit moon god, and is a member of the Inuit group of irregular satellites. It is about six kilometres in diameter. The Cassini spacecraft observed Tarqeq over 1.5 days on 15–16 January 2014.

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Orbits: Saturn
Discovered: January 5, 2006 latest date: March 22, 2007 · announcement date: April 13, 2007
Provisional designation: S/2007 S 1
Named after: Tarqiup Inua
Discovered by: Scott S. Sheppard
David C. Jewitt
Jan Kleyna
Brian G. Marsden
Eccentricity: 0.1081
Semi-major axis: 17.9M km
Inclination: 49.9 degree
Orbital period: 894.86 days
Diameter: 6 km

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Bing entity IDb2194cfe-ca6b-4ca5-1fd6-a34f89fbad12
Fandom article IDthesolarsystem:Tarqeq
Freebase ID/m/02qkx32
NAIF ID652

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