Astronomy Answers: From the Astronomical Dictionary

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S/2004 S9

A moon of 5 km diameter at about 20,390,000 km from the planet Saturn. The gravity at its surface is about 0.0000 times as strong as on Earth. The moon goes once around its planet in about 3.0 years. The moon was discovered in 2005.