Hyrrokkin (moon)

Hyrrokkin (pronEng|ˌhɪˈrɒkɨn "hirr-ROK-in)" or Saturn XLIV (provisional designation S/2004 S 19) 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 December 12, 2004, and April 30, 2006.

Hyrrokkin is about 8 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 18,168.3 Mm in 914.292 days, at an inclination of 153.3° to the ecliptic (154.3° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.3604.

It was named in April 2007 after Hyrrokkin, a giantess from Norse mythology, who launched Hringhorni, Baldr's funeral ship. It was originally listed as being spelled "Hyrokkin", but the spelling was later corrected.

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/K06M44.html MPEC 2006-M44: "S/2004 S 19"] 2006 June 26 (discovery and ephemeris)
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08800/08826.html IAUC 8826: "Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn"] (subscription-only) 2007 April 5 (Naming the moon)
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08800/08860.html IAUC 8860: "Saturn XLIV (Hyrrokkin)"] (subscription-only) 2007 July 31 (correcting the name)

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