Narvi (moon)

Narvi ( ) or Saturn XXXI is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered by a team of astronomers led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003, and given the designation S/2003 S 1.

 Description 
Narvi is about 7 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 19,371,000 km in 1006.541 days, at an inclination of 137° to the ecliptic (109° to Saturn's equator), with an eccentricity of 0.320.

 Naming 
It was named in January 2005 after Narvi from Norse mythology, also known as Narfi or Nari, a son of Loki by Sigyn who was killed to punish Loki for his crimes. The gods turned his brother Váli into a slavering wolf who tore his throat out. His entrails were used to bind Loki to a stone slab for all eternity, or at least until Ragnarok. The name was approved by the IAU Working Group on Planetary System Nomenclature on January 21, 2005.

 Other websites 
 IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature
 IAUC 8116: Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn 2003 April 11 (discovery)
 MPEC 2003-G39: S/2003 S 1 2003 April 8 (discovery and ephemeris)
 IAUC 8471: Satellites of Saturn 2005 January 21 (naming the moon)

Category:Saturn's moons