S/2007 S 8

S/2007 S 8 is a small and faint irregular satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, Edward Ashton, Brett J. Gladman, Jean-Marc Petit and Mike Alexandersen on May 10, 2023 from observations taken between January 5, 2005 and July 9, 2021.^[2]

S/2007 S 8

Discovery
Discovered by	Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, Brett J. Gladman, E. Ashton
Discovery date	2007
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	17,049,000 km (10,594,000 mi)[1]
Eccentricity	0.490
Orbital period (sidereal)	2.291 yrs (836.90 d)[1]
Inclination	36.5° (to the ecliptic)
Satellite of	Saturn
Group	Gallic group
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	4 km
Absolute magnitude (H)	16.0

Physical Characteristics, Orbit and Origin

S/2007 S 8 orbits Saturn at a distance of 17.049 Gm in 836.90 days, at an inclination of 36.5, orbits in prograde motion and eccentricity of 0.490.^[2] S/2007 S 8 belongs to the Gallic group and may have been a fragment of a larger moon.^[3]

S/2007 S 8 is estimated to be about 4 kilometers in diameter.