S/2004 S 17 is an unnamed moon 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 13, 2004, and March 5, 2005.
S/2004 S 17 is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 19,099,000 km in 985.453 days, at an inclination of 167° to the ecliptic (162° to Saturn's equator), with an eccentricity of 0.226.
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Ring shepherds |
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Co-orbitals | |
G Ring | |
Mimas and Alkyonides | |
Inner large (with trojans) | |
Outer large | |
Inuit group | |
Norse group | |
Gallic group | |