- Bebhionn (moon)
Bebhionn (pronEng|ˈbɛviːn "BEV-een)" or Saturn XXXVII (provisional designation S/2004 S 11) 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 12 ,2004 , andMarch 9 ,2005 .Bebhionn is about 6 kilometres in diameter and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 16,898 Mm in 820.130 days at an
inclination of 41° to theecliptic (18° to Saturn's equator) and with an eccentricity of 0.333.It was named in April 2007 after
Bébinn , an earlyIrish mythology goddess of birth, who was renowned for her beauty.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"] May 4 2005 (discovery)
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K05/K05J13.html MPEC 2005-J13: "Twelve New Satellites of Saturn"]May 3 2005 (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)da:S/2004 S 11 sv:S/2004 S 11
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