What is Mundilfari (moon)?
'''Mundilfari''' or '''Saturn&nbsp;XXV''', is a [[Satellite (natural)|moon]] of [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]]. It was found by [[Brett J. Gladman]], et al. in 2000, and given the designation '''S/2000&nbsp;S&nbsp;9'''. Mundilfari is about 5.6 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 18,360,000&nbsp;km in 928.806 days, at an [[inclination]] of 170° to the [[ecliptic]] (150° to Saturn's equator), with an [[Orbital eccentricity|eccentricity]] of 0.198. Mundilfari may have formed from [[debris]] knocked off of [[Phoebe (moon)|Phoebe]] by big impacts at some point in the solar system's history. It was named in August 2003 from [[Norse mythology]], where [[Mundilfari]] is a [[Jotun]] or giant who is the father of the goddess [[Sol (goddess)|Sol]] and the god [[Mani (god)|Mani]]. ==References== * [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/07500/07538.html IAUC 7538: ''S/2000 S 7, S/2000 S 8, S/2000 S 9''] 2000 December 7 (discovery) * [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K00/K00Y15.html MPEC 2000-Y15: ''S/2000 S 1, S/2000 S 2, S/2000 S 7, S/2000 S 8, S/2000 S 9''] 2000 December 19 (discovery and ephemeris) * [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08100/08177.html IAUC 8177: ''Satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus''] 2003 August 8 (naming the moon) <br />{{Moons of Saturn}} [[Category:Saturn's moons]]