What is Paaliaq (moon)?
'''Paaliaq''' is a non-[[Sphere|spherical]] moon of [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]]. It was found by [[Brett J. Gladman]], [[John J. Kavelaars]], [[Jean-Marc Petit]], [[Hans Scholl (astronomer)|Hans Scholl]], [[Matthew J. Holman]], [[Brian G. Marsden]], [[Philip D. Nicholson]] and [[Joseph A. Burns]] in early October [[2000]], and given the designation '''S/2000&nbsp;S&nbsp;2'''. It was named in August 2003 after a fictional shaman in the book ''The Curse of the Shaman,'' written by Michael Kusugak, who supplied Kavelaars with the names of giants from [[Inuit mythology]] that were used for other Saturnian moons. Paaliaq is thought to be about 22 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 15,200,000 km in 687 days. It is a member of the [[Saturn's Inuit group of satellites|Inuit group]] of non-spherical moons. Together with [[Kiviuq (moon)|Kiviuq]] and [[Siarnaq (moon)|Siarnaq]], Paaliaq has ''light-red'' colours, further supporting that the Inuit group might have been formed when a bigger body broken up. == Other websites == *[http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~jewitt/irregulars.html David Jewitt pages] *[http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~sheppard/satellites/satsatdata.html Scott Sheppard pages] <br />{{Moons of Saturn}} [[Category:Saturn's moons]]