Skathi (moon)

Skathi or Saturn XXVII, is a moon of Saturn. It was found by Brett Gladman, Kavelaars, et al. in 2000, and given the designation S/2000 S 8.

Skathi is about 6.4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 15,576,000 km in 725.784 days, at an inclination of 149° to the ecliptic (150° to Saturn's equator) with an eccentricity of 0.246.

Skathi may have been formed from debris knocked off of Phoebe by big impacts at some point in the solar system's history.

Its name comes from Norse mythology, where Skaði is a giantess (female giant) who is the wife of the Vanir god Njord.

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Moons of Saturn
Listed in approximately increasing distance from Saturn. Temporary names in italics.
Ring shepherds	S/2009 S 1 Ring moonlets Pan Daphnis Atlas Prometheus Pandora
Co-orbitals	Epimetheus Janus
G Ring	Aegaeon
Mimas and Alkyonides	Mimas Methone Anthe Pallene
Inner large (with trojans)	Enceladus Tethys Telesto Calypso Dione Helene Polydeuces
Outer large	Rhea Titan Hyperion Iapetus
Inuit group	Kiviuq Ijiraq Paaliaq Siarnaq Tarqeq
Norse group	Phoebe Skathi S/2007 S 2(?) Skoll S/2004 S 13(?) Greip Hyrrokkin Jarnsaxa Mundilfari S/2006 S 1(?) S/2004 S 17(?) Bergelmir Narvi Suttungr Hati S/2004 S 12(?) Farbauti Thrymr Aegir S/2007 S 3(?) Bestla S/2004 S 7(?) S/2006 S 3 Fenrir Surtur Kari Ymir Loge Fornjot
Gallic group	Albiorix Bebhionn Erriapus Tarvos
Rings of Saturn Cassini–Huygens Themis Chiron S/2004 S 6 S/2004 S 4 S/2004 S 3 In fiction