Hyrrokkin

Hyrrokkin or Saturn XLIV is a natural satellite of 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 Mm in 914 days, at an inclination of 153° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.3582.
Hyrrokkin is a member of the Norse group, a large collection of retrograde irregular natural satellite that orbits in the opposite direction from Saturn's rotation. Hyrrokkin was discovered in 2004, but it was not announced in 2005. It was announced in 2006 instead along with S/2006 S 1, Kari, S/2006 S 3, Greip, Loge, Jarnsaxa, Surtur and Skoll.
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Category:Outer Moon of Saturn
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