S/2019 S 2

S/2019 S 2 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Edward Ashton, Brett J. Gladman, Jean-Marc Petit and Mike Alexandersen on May 3, 2023 from observations taken between July 3, 2019 and July 9, 2021.^[2]

S/2019 S 2

Discovery
Discovered by	Edward Ashton, Brett J. Gladman, Jean-Marc Petit, Mike Alexandersen
Discovery date	2019
Orbital characteristics[1]
Semi-major axis	16,559,900 km (10,289,800 mi)
Eccentricity	0.279
Orbital period (sidereal)	-2.190 yrs (799.82 d)
Inclination	173.3° (to the ecliptic)
Satellite of	Saturn
Group	Norse group
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	3 km
Absolute magnitude (H)	16.5

S/2019 S 2 is about 3 kilometers in diameter, and orbits Saturn at a distance of 16.560 Gm in 796.22 days, at an inclination of 173.3, orbits in retrograde direction and eccentricity of 0.279.^[1] S/2019 S 2 belongs to the Norse group and makes it close to 0 tilt against the ecliptic plane due to of its inclination.^[3]