- S/2004 S 17
S/2004 S 17 is a
natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced byScott S. Sheppard ,David C. Jewitt ,Jan Kleyna , andBrian G. Marsden onMay 4 ,2005 , from observations taken betweenDecember 13 ,2004 , andMarch 5 ,2005 .S/2004 S 17 is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 19,099 Mm in 985.453 days, at aninclination of 167° to theecliptic (162° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.226.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)bg:S/2004 S 17 da:S/2004 S 17 de:S/2004 S 17 fr:S/2004 S 17 hr:S/2004 S 17 it:S/2004 S 17 nl:S/2004 S17 ja:S/2004 S 17 pl:S/2004 S 17 simple:S/2004 S 17 sk:S/2004 S 17 sl:S/2004 S 17 sv:S/2004 S 17 uk:S/2004 S 17 zh:S/2004 S 17
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