S/2007 S 8
S/2007 S 8 is a small and faint irregular satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, Edward Ashton, Brett J. Gladman, Jean-Marc Petit and Mike Alexandersen on May 10, 2023 from observations taken between January 5, 2005 and July 9, 2021.
Physical Characteristics, Orbit and Origin
S/2007 S 8 orbits Saturn at a distance of 17.049 Gm in 836.90 days, at an inclination of 36.5, orbits in prograde motion and eccentricity of 0.490. S/2007 S 8 belongs to the Gallic group and may have been a fragment of a larger moon.
S/2007 S 8 is estimated to be about 4 kilometers in diameter.