Saturn's Norse group of satellites

The Nordic Group is a large group of retrograde irregular moons of the planet Saturn, which move on similar orbits.

The semi-major axes of their orbits in this case run 12.9 to 25.1 Millionen km. The orbits have eccentricities between 0.130 and 0.580 and inclinations ( orbital inclinations ) between 145.2 ° and 177.5 °, with the retrograde moons themselves, ie opposite to the rotation of the planet to move the Saturn.

Unlike the moons of the Inuit group and the Gallic group the orbital elements of this group are very different. It is likely that this group consists of a plurality of sub-groups.

The 29 members of the group ( with increasing distance from Saturn):

Phoebe
Skathi ( Skathi subgroup )
S/2007 S 2
Skoll ( Skathi subgroup )
Greip
Hyrrokkin ( Skathi subgroup )
S/2004 S 13
S/2004 S 17
Jarnsaxa
Mundilfari
S/2006 S 1 ( Skathi subgroup )
Narvi ( Narvi subgroup )
Bergelmir ( Skathi subgroup )
Suttungr
S/2004 S 12
S/2004 S 7
Hati
Bestla ( Narvi subgroup )
Farbauti ( Skathi subgroup )
Thrymr
S/2007 S 3
Aegir
S/2006 S 3 ( Skathi subgroup )
Kari ( Skathi subgroup )
Fenrir
Surtur
Ymir
Box
Fornjot

The moons of the Nordic group of the International Astronomical Union ( IAU) - with the exception of Phoebe - according to figures (mainly giants) named from Norse mythology.

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