What is Jarnsaxa (moon)?
'''Jarnsaxa''' or '''Saturn L''' (provisional designation '''S/2006 S 6''') is a [[Natural satellite|moon]] of [[Saturn]]. Its discovery was announced by [[Scott S. Sheppard]], [[David C. Jewitt]], [[Jan Kleyna]], and [[Brian G. Marsden]] on June 26, 2006, from images taken between January 5 and April 29, 2006. Jarnsaxa is about {{convert|6|km|mi}} in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of {{convert|18,556,900|km|mi}} in 943.784 days, at an [[inclination]] of 162.9° to the [[ecliptic]] (164.1° to Saturn's equator), with an [[Orbital eccentricity|eccentricity]] of 0.1918. It is a member of the Norse group of non-[[Sphere|spherical]] moons. It is named after [[Járnsaxa]], a giantess (female giant) in [[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/mpec/K07/K07D79.html MPEC 2007-D79: ''S/2006 S 6''] 2007 February 28 (recovery) * [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08800/08873.html IAUC 8873: ''Satellites of Saturn''] (subscription-only) 2007 September 20 (naming) <br />{{Moons of Saturn}} [[Category:Saturn's moons]]