Jarnsaxa (moon)

Jarnsaxa, (pronEng|jɑrnˈsæksə "yarn-SAKS-ə)," also known as Saturn L (provisional designation S/2006 S 6) 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 5 and April 29, 2006.S/2006 S 6 is about 6 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 18,556.9 Mm in 943.784 days, at an inclination of 162.9° to the ecliptic (164.1° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.1918. It is a member of the Norse group of irregular satellites.

It is named after Járnsaxa, a giantess in Norse mythology.

References

* [http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~sheppard/satellites/satsatdata.html Institute for Astronomy Saturn Satellite Data]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08700/08727.html IAUC 8727: "Satellites of Saturn"] 2006 June 30 (discovery)
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K06/K06M45.html MPEC 2006-M45: "Eight New Satellites of Saturn"] 2006 June 26 (discovery and ephemeris)
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K07/K07D79.html MPEC 2007-D79: "S/2006 S 6"] 2007 February 28 (recovery)
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08800/08873.html IAUC 8873: "Satellites of Saturn"] (subscription-only) 2007 September 20 (naming)

sk:S/2006 S 6