Kari (moon)

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Kari
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Kari imaged by the Cassini spacecraft in May 2017
Discovery
Discovered by Scott S. Sheppard
David C. Jewitt
Jan T. Kleyna
Brian G. Marsden
Discovery date2006
Designations
Designation
Saturn XLV
PronunciationIcelandic: [ˈkʰauːrɪ]
Named after
Kári
S/2006 S 2
Orbital characteristics [1]
22118000 km
Eccentricity 0.478
−1233.6 days
Inclination 156.3°
Satellite of Saturn
Group Norse group
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
6+50%
−30%
 km
[2]
7.70±0.14 h [2]
23.9

    Kari or Saturn XLV is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on 26 June 2006 from observations taken between January and April 2006.

    Kari is about 7 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 22,305,100 km in 1243.71 days, at an inclination of 148.4° to the ecliptic (151.5° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.3405. The rotation period has been determined to be 7.7±0.14 hours. [2] The light curve is similar to Hyrrokkin's, having two deep and one shallow minima, and the moon is probably triangular in shape. [3]

    It was named in April 2007 after Kári, son of Fornjót, the personification of wind in Norse mythology.

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