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S/2019 S 6
Discovery
Discovered by	Edward Ashton, Brett J. Gladman
Discovery date	2019
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	18,205,500 km (11,312,400 mi)
Eccentricity	0.120
Orbital period (sidereal)	2.518 yrs (919.71 d)
Inclination	46.4° (to the ecliptic)
Satellite of	Saturn
Group	Inuit
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	4 km
Absolute magnitude (H)	16.1

S/2019 S 6 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Edward Ashton and Brett J. Gladman on May 8, 2023 from observations taken between July 3, 2019 and July 8, 2021.^[1]

S/2019 S 6 is about 4 kilometers in diameter, and it orbits Saturn at an average distance of 18.050 Gm in 905.41 days, at an inclination of 49.6° and eccentricity of 0.040.^[3] S/2019 S 6 is a part of the Inuit group and could be a Siarnaq fragment.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "MPEC 2023-J55 : S/2019 S 6". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Planetary Satellite Mean Elements". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b "MPEC 2023-N12 : S/2019 S 6". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b "S/2019 S 6". Tilmann's Web Site. Tilmann Denk. Retrieved 25 December 2023.