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S/2020 S 9
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S/2020 S 9 is a small and faint natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Edward Ashton, Brett J. Gladman, Jean-Marc Petit and Mike Alexandersen on May 15, 2023 from observations taken between August 23, 2019 and August 16, 2020.[2]
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Physical Characteristics, Orbit and Origin
S/2020 S 9 orbits Saturn at a distance of 25.434 Gm in 1,534.97 days, at an inclination of 161.4, orbits in retrograde direction and eccentricity of 0.531.[2] S/2020 S 9 belongs to the Norse group and it is one of the most distant moons from Saturn along with S/2004 S 26, S/2004 S 52 and S/2019 S 21.[3] S/2020 S 9 might be a part of the Mundilfari subgroup, as it has similar inclination to Mundilfari.[4]
S/2020 S 9 is estimated to be about 4 kilometers in diameter.
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