Irregular moons of Saturn -- Thrymr For notes, see https://tilmanndenk.de/outersaturnianmoons/thrymr/#1 22 Oct 2018 / TD Overview Table Moon name Thrymr Saturn range 20e6 km Orbit period 3.0 years Orbit direction retrograde Size ~ 8 km Rotation period 38 47 hh:mm Discovery year 2000 (A) Designations and discovery circumstances (A1) Moon name Thrymr (A2) Moon abbrev. (TD) Thr (A3) IAU number Saturn XXX (A4) Provisional designation S/2000 S 7 (A5) SPICE ID 630 (A6) Also-used label S30 (A7) First observation date 23 Sep 2000 (A7) Announcement date 07 Dec 2000 (A7) IAU circular announcement no. 7538 (A8) Discoverers Gladman, Kavelaars, et al. (B) Orbit parameters (B1) Orbit direction retrograde (B2) Group member Norse (B3) Dynamical family Suttungr? 2004_S7? (B4) Periapsis range 10.90e6 km (B5) Semi-major axis 20.42e6 km (B6) Apoapsis range 29.94e6 km (B7) Semi-major axis 338 R_Saturn (B8) Semi-major axis 0.136 au (B9) Semi-major axis 0.31 R_Hill (B10) Orbit eccentricity 0.47 (B11) Orbit inclination 177.7 ° (B12) Inclination supplemental angle 2.3 ° (B13) Orbital period 1094 d (B14) Orbital period 2 11 4 y:m:w (B15) Mean orbit velocity 1.36 km/s (C) Physical parameters (C1) Mean size ~ 8 -1.3 +2.2 km (C2) Mean radius ~ 3.8 km (C3) Equatorial circumference ~ 25 km (C4) Minimum equatorial axes ratio 1.21 (C5) Axes radii (a x b x c) ~ unknown (C5) (C6) Mass ~ 1e14 kg (C7) Mean density (?) 0.5 g/cm^3 (C8) Surface escape velocity ~ 5 km/h (C9) Rotation period 38.79 h (?) (C9) Rotation period error 0.25 h (C9) Spin rate 0.62 d^(-1) (C10) Spin direction unknown (C11) Seasons unknown (C12) Pole direction (ecliptic longitude λ) unknown (C12) Pole direction (ecliptic latitude β) unknown (C13) Pole direction (geocentric RA) unknown (C13) Pole direction (geocentric Dec) unknown (C14) Absolute visual magnitude ~ 14.3 mag (C15) Apparent visual magnitude from Earth 23.9 mag (C16) Best apparent magnitude for Cassini 14.9 mag (C17) Spectral slope ~ -3.0 %/100nm (C17) B-R color index ~ 1.00 (C18) Albedo (?) 0.06 (C19) Hill sphere radius ~ 440 km (C20) Hill sphere radius ~ 115 r_Thr