Discovery date 13 April 2007 Adjectives Tarqiup, ? Tarqeqian Eccentricity 0.1081 Discovered 13 April 2007 Orbits Saturn | Alternative names Saturn LII
S/2007 S 1 Semi-major axis 17.9106 Gm Orbital period 895 days Inclination 49.9° | |
Discovered by Scott S. Sheppard
David C. Jewitt
Jan Kleyna
Brian G. Marsden Discoverers Brian G. Marsden, Scott S. Sheppard, Jan Kleyna, David C. Jewitt Similar Saturn moons, Other celestial objects | ||
Tarqeq (/ˈtɑːrkɛk/ TAR-kek), also known as Saturn LII (provisional designation S/2007 S 1) is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on 13 April 2007 from observations taken between 5 January 2006 and 22 March 2007. It is named after Tarqeq, the Inuit moon god, and is a member of the Inuit group of irregular satellites. It's about seven kilometres in diameter. The Cassini spacecraft observed Tarqeq over 1.5 days on 15–16 January 2014.
The Tarqiup (Tarqeqian) orbit lies at an inclination of 49.90° (to the ecliptic; 49.77° to Saturn's equator), with an eccentricity of 0.1081 and a semi-major axis of 17.9106 Gm. Tarqeq orbits in a prograde direction with a period of 894.86 days.