Ymir (moon)

Ymir ( ), or Saturn XIX is a moon of Saturn. It was found by Brett J. Gladman, et al. in 2000, and given the designation S/2000 S 1. It was named in August 2003, from Norse mythology, where Ymir is the ancestor of all the Jotuns or frost giants.

Ymir is about 16 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 23,175,000 km in 1317.137 days, at an inclination of 172° to the ecliptic (146° to Saturn's equator), with an eccentricity of 0.358.

 References 

 IAUC 7512: S/2000 S 1 and S/2000 S 2 2000 October 25 (discovery)
 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)
 IAUC 8177: Satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus 2003 August 8 (naming the moon)

Other websites

 MPEC 2000-Y15: S/2000 S 1, S/2000 S 2, S/2000 S 7, S/2000 S 8, S/2000 S 9 (2000 Dec. 19 ephemeris)
 Ephemeris IAU-NSES
 Saturn's Known Satellites  (by Scott S. Sheppard)

Category:Saturn's moons