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Key facts
- Discovered by
- Scott S. Sheppard , David C. Jewitt , Jan T. Kleyna , Brian G. Marsden
- Designation
- Saturn XLV
- Pronunciation
- / ˈ k ɑː r i / , Icelandic: [ ˈkʰauːrɪ ]
- Named after
- Kári
- Alternative names
- S/2006 S 2
- Semi major axis
- 22 118 000 km
- Orbital period sidereal
- −1233.6 days
- Inclination
- 156.3°
- Satellite of
- Saturn
- Group
- Norse group
- Mean diameter
- 6 +50%, −30% km
- Synodic rotation period
- 7.70 ± 0.14 h
- Albedo
- 0.06 (assumed)
- Spectral type
- g – r = 0.31 ± 0.07, r – i = 0.53 ± 0.09
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Wikidata facts
- Diameter
- 6
- Orbital period
- -1233.6
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- time of discovery or invention
- 2006-01-04
- provisional designation
- S/2006 S 2
- Commons category
- Kari (moon)
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 22350000
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.478
- orbital inclination
- 156.3
- apparent magnitude
- 23.9
- name
- Saturn XLV
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Kari or Saturn XLV is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on 26 June 2006 from observations taken between January and April 2006.
Kari is about 6 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 22,305,100 km in 1243.71 days, at an inclination of 148.4° to the ecliptic (151.5° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.3405. The rotation period has been determined to be 7.7±0.14 hours. The light curve is similar to Hyrrokkin's, having two deep and one shallow minima, and the moon is probably triangular in shape.