Gallic group

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The Gallic group is a group of prograde irregular moons of the planet Saturn that move on similar orbits.

The irregular moons of Saturn.

The major semi-axes of their orbits run between 16.2 and 18.0 million km. The orbits have eccentricities between 0.469 and 0.531 and inclinations (orbital inclinations) between 33.8 ° and 35.0 °, the moons being prograd, i.e. H. in the direction of rotation of the planet to move Saturn.

The four members of the group are (with increasing distance from Saturn):

The moons of the Gallic Group are named by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) after characters from Celtic mythology .