S/2004 S 37

S/2004 S 37

Discovery[1]
Discovered by	Sheppard et al.
Discovery date	2019
Designations
Alternative names	S6055a2[2]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Semi-major axis	16003300 km
Eccentricity	0.506
Orbital period (sidereal)	−752.88 days
Inclination	164.0°
Satellite of	Saturn
Group	Norse group
Physical characteristics[2]
Mean diameter	4 km
Apparent magnitude	25.1

S/2004 S 37 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, and Jan Kleyna on October 8, 2019 from observations taken between December 12, 2004 and February 2, 2006.^[3]

S/2004 S 37 is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 15.892 Gm in 748.18 days, at an inclination of 163° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.497.^[3]

References

1. Discovery Circumstances from JPL
2. S.S. Sheppard (2019). "Moons of Saturn, Carnegie Science, on line".
3. "MPEC 2019-T159 : S/2004 S 37". minorplanetcenter.net. Retrieved 8 October 2019.