Aegir

Also known as Saturn XXXVI, S/2004 S 10

moon of Saturn

Key facts

Discovered by: S. Sheppard, D. Jewitt, J. Kleyna, and B. Marsden
Discovery date: May 4, 2005
Designation: Saturn XXXVI
Pronunciation: / ˈ aɪ j ɪər , ˈ æ ɡ ɪər / etc.
Named after: Ægir
Alternative names: S/2004 S 10
Semi major axis: 20 735 000 km
Orbital period sidereal: 1 025 .908 d
Inclination: 166.7°
Satellite of: Saturn
Group: Norse group
Mean diameter: 4 km
Albedo: 0.06 (assumed)
Spectral type: B–R = 1.30 ± 0.06

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Diameter: 6
Orbital period: 1025.908
Image: Aegir, saélite.jpg

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surface gravity: 0.0019
temperature: 91
Commons category: Aegir (moon)
time of discovery or invention: 2004-12-12
provisional designation: S/2004 S 10
semi-major axis of an orbit: 19618384
name: Saturn XXXVI
orbital eccentricity: 0.252
orbital inclination: 166.7

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Aegir, also Saturn XXXVI (provisional designation S/2004 S 10), is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on May 4, 2005, from observations taken between December 12, 2004, and March 11, 2005.

Aegir is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 19,618 Mm in 1025.908 days, at an inclination of 167° to the ecliptic (140° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.237.