Skoll (moon)
Skoll | |
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Provisional or systematic name | S / 2006 S 8 |
Central body | Saturn |
Properties of the orbit | |
Major semi-axis | 17,665,000 km |
Periapsis | 9,468,000 km |
Apoapsis | 25,862,000 km |
eccentricity | 0.464 |
Orbit inclination | 161.0 ° |
Orbital time | 878.3 d |
Mean orbital velocity | 1.39 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Apparent brightness | 24.5 mag |
Medium diameter | ≈ 6 km |
Dimensions | ≈ kg |
Sidereal rotation | ≈ 7 h 16 min |
Acceleration of gravity on the surface | ≈ 0 m / s 2 |
Escape speed | ≈ 0 m / s |
discovery | |
Explorer |
Scott S. Sheppard , David C. Jewitt , |
Date of discovery | January 5, 2006 |
Skoll (also Saturn XLVII) is one of the smaller outer moons of the planet Saturn .
discovery
The discovery of Skoll by Scott S. Sheppard , David C. Jewitt , Jan Kleyna and Brian G. Marsden on recordings from January 5 to April 30, 2006 was announced on June 26, 2006.
Skoll was initially given the provisional designation S / 2006 S 8. In April 2007, the moon was named after the giant wolf Skalli (also Skoll), a son of the Fenris wolf and twin brother of the giant wolf Hati , from Nordic mythology .
Orbit data
Skoll orbits Saturn on a retrograde eccentric orbit in around 878 days. The orbital eccentricity is 0.46, with the orbit inclined by 161 ° to the ecliptic.
Structure and physical data
Skoll has a diameter of about 6 km.
Space probe observations
On November 9 and 10, 2013, the ISS camera of the Cassini space probe captured 252 images over a period of 36.5 hours, of which only about 30% were received due to heavy rain and wind in the region around the receiving station near Canberra could become. The distance between Cassini and Skoll was 11.5 million kilometers; at a phase angle of 42 °, the moon of Saturn reached a brightness of 15.5 mag . Another observation of about 30 hours took place on February 22, 2016; With this data, the rotation period could then be determined with certainty. From Earth, Skoll is about 4000 times darker at a brightness of 24.5 mag and can only be observed with large telescopes.
Web links
- MPEC 2006-M45: Eight New Satellites of Saturn June 26, 2006 (Discovery and Ephemeris)
- MPEC 2006-M48: S / 2006 S 2, S / 2006 S 5, S / 2006 S 8 June 28, 2006 (additional observations from 2004 and 2005)
- IAUC 8727: Satellites of Saturn June 30, 2006 (Discovery)
- IAUC 8826: Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn April 5, 2007 (numbering and naming)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b T. Denk, S. Mottola (2019): Studies of irregular satellites: I. Lightcurves and rotation periods of 25 Saturnian moons from Cassini observations. Icarus 322 , 80-102. DOI: 10.1016 / j.icarus.2018.12.040 .
further inside | Saturn moons | further outside |
S / 2004 S 31 |
Semi- major axis (km) Skoll 17,665,000 |
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