| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Sheppardet al. |
| Discovery date | 2019 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Angrboða |
| Saturn LV S/2004 S 22 S8637a[2] | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| 20379900 km | |
| Eccentricity | 0.257 |
| −1080.4 days | |
| Inclination | 177.4° |
| Satellite of | Saturn |
| Group | Norse group |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 3 km | |
| 25.3 | |
| 16.1[3] | |
Angrboda (Saturn LV), provisionally known asS/2004 S 22, is anatural satellite ofSaturn. Its discovery was announced byScott S. Sheppard,David C. Jewitt, andJan Kleyna on October 7, 2019 from observations taken between December 12, 2004 and February 1, 2006.[3] It was given its permanent designation in August 2021.[4] On 24 August 2022, it was officially named afterAngrboða, ajötunn inNorse mythology.[5] She is the consort ofLoki and the mother of the wolfFenrir, theMidgard serpentJörmungandr, and the ruler of the deadHel.[6]
Angrboda is about 3 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 20.636 Gm in 1107.13 days, at an inclination of 177° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.251.[3] With anabsolute magnitude of 16.1,[3] it is currently the faintest named moon of Saturn.