| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Sheppardet al. |
| Discovery date | 2019 |
| Designations | |
| S8386a[2] | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| 21791300 km | |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| −1197.2 days | |
| Inclination | 171.0° |
| Satellite of | Saturn |
| Group | Norse group |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 4 km | |
| 24.9 | |
S/2004 S 28 is anatural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced byScott S. Sheppard,David C. Jewitt, andJan Kleyna on October 7, 2019, from observations taken between December 12, 2004, and March 21, 2007.[3]
S/2004 S 28 is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 22.020 million km in 1220.31 days, at an inclination of 170° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.143.[3]
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| Inuit group (36) |
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| Gallic group (17) | |||||||||
| Norse group (197) |
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