| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Scott S. Sheppard,David C. Jewitt,Jan Kleyna,Brett J. Gladman |
| Discovery date | 2006 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 13,193,800 km (8,198,200 mi)[1] | |
| Eccentricity | 0.206 |
| -1.553 yrs (567.27 d)[1] | |
| Inclination | 173.1°(to theecliptic) |
| Satellite of | Saturn |
| Group | Norse group (Phoebe) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 5 km | |
| 15.7 | |
S/2006 S 20 is anatural satellite ofSaturn. Its discovery was announced byScott S. Sheppard,Brett J. Gladman, Edward Ashton,David C. Jewitt andJan Kleyna on May 23, 2023 from observations taken between January 5, 2006 and July 9, 2021.[2]
S/2006 S 20 is about 5 kilometers in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 13.193 Gm in 563.89 days, at an inclination of 174.9°, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.206.[2] S/2006 S 20 belongs to theNorse group and it could possibly be aPhoebe subgroup member likeS/2006 S 9. S/2006 S 20 is likely to be a fragment piece that split off of Phoebe from a collision with an asteroid or another moon.[3]