What is Skoll (moon)?
'''Skoll''' or '''Saturn XLVII''' (provisional designation '''S/2006 S 8''') is non-[[Sphere|spherical]] moon of [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]]. Its discovery was announced by [[Scott S. Sheppard]], [[David C. Jewitt]] and [[Jan Kleyna]] on [[June 26]], [[2006]], from observations taken between [[January 5]] and [[April 30]], [[2006]]. Skoll is about 6 kilometres in diameter (assuming an [[albedo]] of 0.04), and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 17,600,000 km in 869 days, following a highly [[Orbital eccentricity|eccentric]] and [[inclination|inclined]] orbit. It was named in April 2007 after [[Skoll|Sköll]], a giant wolf from [[Norse mythology]], son of [[Fenrisulfr]] and twin brother of [[Hati]]. == Other websites == * [http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~jewitt/irregulars.html David Jewitt's pages] {{science-stub}} {{Moons of Saturn}} [[Category:Saturn's moons]]