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S/2006 S 14
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S/2006 S 14 is an irregular satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by astronomers Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, Edward Ashton, Brett J. Gladman, Jean-Marc Petit and Mike Alexandersen on May 8, 2023 from observations taken between January 5, 2006 and July 9, 2021.[2]
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S/2006 S 14 is about 3 kilometers in diameter. It orbits Saturn in a retrograde direction at a distance of 21.062 Gm with a period of 1,152.68 days. Its orbit is inclined by 164.4° and its orbit is nearly circular, with an eccentricity of 0.056.[2] S/2006 S 14 belongs to the Norse group and part of the Mundilfari subgroup. [3]
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