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Within Vinony's link graph, Surtur is referenced by 124 other articles, and connects out to Mimas, moon of Saturn and orbital inclination.
It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 2006, Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard and Irregular satellites.
Its subject is documented across 38 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Discovered by
- Scott S. Sheppard , David C. Jewitt , Jan T. Kleyna , Brian G. Marsden
- Discovery date
- 26 June 2006
- Designation
- Saturn XLVIII
- Pronunciation
- / ˈ s ɜːr t ər / or / ˈ s ʊər t ər /
- Named after
- Surt
- Alternative names
- S/2006 S 7
- Adjectives
- Surtian / ˈ s ɜːr t i ə n /
- Semi major axis
- 22 707 000 km
- Orbital period sidereal
- −1297.7 days
- Inclination
- 177.5°
- Satellite of
- Saturn
- Group
- Norse group
- Mean diameter
- 4 km
- Albedo
- 0.06 (assumed)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- irregular moon
- Named after
- Surtr
- Parent body
- Saturn
- Diameter
- 6
- Orbital period
- -1297.7
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- time of discovery or invention
- 2006-01-05
- provisional designation
- S/2006 S 7
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 22290000
- discoverer or inventor
- David Clifford Jewitt
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.451
- orbital inclination
- 177.5
- apparent magnitude
- 24.8
- name
- Saturn XLIII
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Encyclopedic overview
Surtur /ˈsɜːrtər/ or Saturn XLVIII (provisional designation S/2006 S 7) is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on June 26, 2006 from observations taken between January and April 2006. It was named after Surt, a leader of the fire giants of Norse mythology.
Surtur is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 22.707 Mm in 1297.7 days. The Surtian orbit is retrograde, at an inclination of 177.5° to the ecliptic and with an eccentricity of 0.451.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Surtur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.