S/2020 S 5

S/2020 S 5 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Edward Ashton, Brett J. Gladman, Jean-Marc Petit and Mike Alexandersen on May 6, 2023 from observations taken between July 3, 2019 and July 9, 2021.^[2]

S/2020 S 5

Discovery
Discovered by	E. Ashton, Brett J. Gladman
Discovery date	2020
Orbital characteristics[1]
Semi-major axis	18,391,300 km (11,427,800 mi)
Eccentricity	0.220
Orbital period (sidereal)	2.557 yrs (933.88 d)
Inclination	48.2° (to the ecliptic)
Satellite of	Saturn
Group	Inuit group (Siarnaq)
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	3 km
Absolute magnitude (H)	16.6

S/2020 S 5 is about 3 kilometers in diameter, and orbits Saturn at a distance of 18.422 Gm in 933.52 days, at an inclination of 49.41°, orbits in prograde direction and eccentricity of 0.135.^[2] S/2020 S 5 belongs to the Inuit group and it may be a Siarnaq fragment that broke off long ago, since it shares the same orbital elements.^[3]

The orbit of S/2020 S 5 librates in accordance with the von Zeipel–Lidov–Kozai effect.^[4]