Inuit group

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

The irregular moons of Saturn.

The major semi-axes of their orbits run between 11.1 and 17.9 million km. The orbits have eccentricities between 0.107 and 0.364 and inclinations (orbital inclinations) between 45.1 ° and 49.9 °, the moons being prograd, i.e. H. in the direction of rotation of the planet to move Saturn.

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

The moons of the Inuit group are named by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) after characters from the mythology of the Inuit (Eskimos).