S/2006 S 3

Not to be confused with C/2006 S3 (LONEOS).

S/2006 S 3 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on June 26, 2006 from observations taken between January and April 2006.

S/2006 S 3

Discovery[1]
Discovered by	Sheppard et al.
Discovery date	2006
Orbital characteristics[2]
Semi-major axis	21408300 km
Eccentricity	0.434
Orbital period (sidereal)	−1164.3 days
Inclination	151.7°
Satellite of	Saturn
Group	Norse group
Physical characteristics[3]
Mean diameter	4 km
Albedo	0.06 (assumed)
Apparent magnitude	24.6
Absolute magnitude (H)	15.6

S/2006 S 3 is about 6 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 21,308,400 km in 1160.7 days, at an inclination of 152.8° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.4707.^[4]

The moon was once considered lost in 2006 as it was not seen since its discovery.^[5][6] The moon was later recovered and announced in October 2019.^[4]