S/2004 S 12

S/2004 S 12 is a natural satellite 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 12, 2004, and March 9, 2005.

S/2004 S 12 is about 5 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 19,906 Gm in 1048.541 days, at an inclination of 164° to the ecliptic (162° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.396.

References

* [http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~sheppard/satellites/satsatdata.html Institute for Astronomy Saturn Satellite Data]
* [http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~jewitt/saturn2005.html Jewitt's New Satellites of Saturn page]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08500/08523.html IAUC 8523: "New Satellites of Saturn"] 2005 May 4 (discovery)
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K05/K05J13.html MPEC 2005-J13: "Twelve New Satellites of Saturn"] 2005 May 3 (discovery and ephemeris)

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