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Solar
Moon

S/2023 S 52

Orbits Saturn

In the sky

Right ascension
00h 48m 56s
Declination
+02° 19′ 22″
Constellation
Cetus
Distance from Earth
8.48 AU
Elongation from the Sun
163.21° — near opposition — up most of the night

Visible from both hemispheres.

Shown at its parent's position — a moon sits within a fraction of a degree of its planet.

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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis
0.151 AU
Eccentricity
0.124
Inclination
146.2°
Orbital period
3.46 years
Perihelion
0.132 AU
Aphelion
0.169 AU
Longitude of ascending node
42.8°
Argument of periapsis
88.7°
Epoch · ecliptic
2000-01-01.5

Discovery & classification

Also known as S2023_S_52

Sources