Ymir
Ymir information
Average distance
from
Saturn
:
23175000 km (0.1549
AU
)
Equatorial radius
:
8 km (
Diameter
: 16 km)
Siderial orbit period (length of year)
:
1317.137 earth days
Orbital eccentricity
:
0.358
Orbital inclination to ecliptic
:
172 degrees
Ymir, Saturn XIX
Ymir
Ymir, or Saturn XIX, is a natural satellite of Saturn. It was discovered by Brett J. Gladman, et al. in 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 S 1. Ymir is about 16 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 23,175 Mm in 1317.137 days, at an inclination of 172° to the ecliptic (154° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.358.
Its name comes from Norse mythology, where Ymir is the ancestor of all the Jotuns or frost giants.
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Discovered by Brett J. Gladman in 2000
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