Surtur or Saturn XLVIII (also known as S/2006 S 7) is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on June 26, 2006.
Surtur is about 6 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 22,243,600 km in 1238.575 days, at an inclination of 166.9° to the ecliptic (148.9° to Saturn's equator), with an eccentricity of 0.3680.
It was named in April 2007, after Surtr, leader of the fire giants of Norse mythology.
Listed in approximately increasing distance from Saturn. Temporary names in italics. | |
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 | |