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Tarqeq
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Tarqeq, also known as Saturn LII (provisional designation S/2007 S 1) is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on 13 April 2007 from observations taken between 5 January 2006 and 22 March 2007. It is named after Tarqeq, the Inuit moon god, and is a member of the Inuit group of irregular satellites. It is about six kilometres in diameter. The Cassini spacecraft observed Tarqeq over 1.5 days on 15–16 January 2014.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tarqeq 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 2000, Discoveries by Brett J. Gladman and Inuit group.
Its subject is documented across 42 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Planet.name
- Tarqeq
- Planet.image
- Tarqeq-cassini.png
- Planet.caption
- Tarqeq imaged by the Cassini spacecraft in June 2016
- Planet.mpc_name
- Saturn LII
- Planet.alt_names
- S/2007 S 1
- Planet.adjective
- Tarqiupian, Tarqeqian
- Planet.named_after
- Tarqiup Inua
- Planet.discoverer
- Scott S. SheppardDavid C. JewittJan KleynaBrian G. Marsden
- Planet.discovered
- 13 April 2007
- Planet.epoch
- 2007 Apr. 10.0
- Planet.semimajor
- 17.9106 million km
- Planet.eccentricity
- 0.1081
- Planet.inclination
- 49.90°
- Planet.period
- 894.86 d
- Planet.satellite_of
- Saturn
- Planet.group
- Inuit group (Siarnaq)
- Planet.rotation
- h
- Planet.albedo
- 0.06 (assumed)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- irregular moon
- Named after
- Tarqiup Inua
- Parent body
- Saturn
- Diameter
- 6
- Orbital period
- 894.86
- Image
- Tarqeq-cassini.png
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- discoverer or inventor
- Scott S. Sheppard
- time of discovery or invention
- 2006-01-05
- provisional designation
- S/2007 S 1
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.1081
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 17910600
- orbital inclination
- 49.9
- Commons category
- Tarqeq (moon)
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Tarqeq, also known as Saturn LII (provisional designation S/2007 S 1) is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on 13 April 2007 from observations taken between 5 January 2006 and 22 March 2007. It is named after Tarqeq, the Inuit moon god, and is a member of the Inuit group of irregular satellites. It is about six kilometres in diameter. The Cassini spacecraft observed Tarqeq over 1.5 days on 15–16 January 2014.
The Tarqiupian (Tarqeqian) orbit lies at an inclination of 49.90° (to the ecliptic; 49.77° to Saturn's equator), with an eccentricity of 0.1081 and a semi-major axis of 17.9106 million km. Tarqeq orbits in a prograde direction with a period of 894.86 days.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tarqeq” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.