Hati imaged by the Cassini spacecraft in November 2015 | |
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Scott S. Sheppard David C. Jewitt Jan T. Kleyna Brian G. Marsden |
Discovery date | December 2004 |
Designations | |
Designation | Saturn XLIII |
S/2004 S 14 | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
19856000 km | |
Eccentricity | 0.372 |
Orbital period | −1038.7 days |
Inclination | 165.8° |
Satellite of | Saturn |
Group | Norse group |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 5+50% −30% km[2] |
Rotation period | 5.45±0.04 h[2] |
Apparent magnitude | 24.4 |
Hati /ˈhɑːti/ or Saturn XLIII is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on 4 May 2005, from observations taken between 12 December 2004 and 11 March 2005.
Hati is about 6 kilometers in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 20,303 Mm in 1039[3] days, at an inclination of 163° to the ecliptic (165° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.291, quite similar to Mundilfari's orbit. In March 2013, the synodic rotational period was measured by Cassini to about 5.45±0.04 hours. This is the fastest known rotation of all of Saturn's moons,[2] and in fact the fastest known among all moons (including asteroid moons) for which a rotation period has been reliably measured. Like Mundilfari, it is very elongated in shape.[4]
It was named in April 2007 after Hati, a giant wolf from Norse mythology, son of Fenrisúlfr and twin brother of Sköll.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hati (moon).
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