What is Surtur (moon)?
'''Surtur''' or '''Saturn XLVIII''' (also known as '''S/2006 S 7''') is a [[Satellite (natural)|moon]] of [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]]. It was discovered by [[Scott S. Sheppard]], [[David C. Jewitt]], [[Jan Kleyna]], and [[Brian G. Marsden]] on June 26, 2006. Surtur is about 6 kilometres in [[diameter]], and [[orbit]]s Saturn at an average distance of 22,243,600&nbsp;km in 1238.575 days, at an [[inclination]] of 166.9° to the [[ecliptic]] (148.9° to Saturn's equator), with an [[Orbital eccentricity|eccentricity]] of 0.3680. It was named in April 2007, after [[Surtr]], leader of the fire giants of [[Norse mythology]]. == References == * [http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~sheppard/satellites/satsatdata.html Institute for Astronomy Saturn Satellite Data] * [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08700/08727.html IAUC 8727: ''Satellites of Saturn''] 2006 June 30 (discovery) * [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K06/K06M45.html MPEC 2006-M45: ''Eight New Satellites of Saturn''] 2006 June 26 (discovery and ephemeris) * [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08800/08826.html IAUC 8826: ''Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn''] (subscription-only) 2007 April 5 (Naming the moon) {{Moons of Saturn}} {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Saturn's moons]]