What is Hyrrokkin (moon)?
'''Hyrrokkin''' or '''Saturn XLIV''' (provisional designation '''S/2004 S 19''') 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 December 12, 2004, and April 30, 2006. Hyrrokkin is about 8 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 18,168,300&nbsp;km in 914.292 days, at an [[inclination]] of 153.3° to the [[ecliptic]] (154.3° to Saturn's equator), with an [[Orbital eccentricity|eccentricity]] of 0.3604. It was named in April 2007 after [[Hyrrokkin]], a giantess (female giant) from [[Norse mythology]], who launched [[Hringhorni]], [[Baldr]]'s funeral ship. It was originally listed as being spelled ''Hyrokkin'', but the spelling was later corrected. == 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/K06M44.html MPEC 2006-M44: ''S/2004 S 19''] 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) * [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08800/08860.html IAUC 8860: ''Saturn XLIV (Hyrrokkin)''] (subscription-only) 2007 July 31 (correcting the name) <br />{{Moons of Saturn}} {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Saturn's moons]]