Astronomy Answers: From the Astronomical Dictionary

Astronomy Answers
From the Astronomical Dictionary


[Astronomy Answers] [Dictionary] [AnswerBook] [Universe Family Tree] [Science] [Starry Sky] [Planet Positions] [Calculate] [Colophon]

\(\def\|{&}\)

The description of the word you requested from the astronomical dictionary is given below.

Suttungr

A moon of 7 km diameter at about 19,459,000 km from the planet Saturn. The gravity at its surface is about 0.0001 times as strong as on Earth. The moon goes once around its planet in about 2.8 years. The moon was discovered in 2000. Also called SXXIII (Saturn twenty-three). Its provisional designation was S/2000 S12.