What is Loge (moon)?
'''Loge''' or '''Saturn XLVI''' (provisional designation '''S/2006 S 5''') is a [[Satellite (natural)|moon]] of [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]]. Its discovery was announced by [[Scott S. Sheppard]], [[David C. Jewitt]], [[Jan Kleyna]], and [[Brian G. Marsden]] on June 26, 2006, from observations taken between January and April 2006. Loge is about 6 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 23,142,000&nbsp;km in 1314.364 days, at an [[inclination]] of 166.5° to the [[ecliptic]] (165.3° to Saturn's equator), with an [[Orbital eccentricity|eccentricity]] of 0.1390. It was named in April 2007, after Loge (also spelled [[Logi]]), a fire giant from [[Norse mythology]], son of [[Fornjót]], sometimes confused with the god [[Loki]]. == 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) <br />{{Moons of Saturn}} {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Saturn's moons]]