Tarvos (moon)

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Tarvos Template:IPAc-en, or Saturn XXI, is a prograde irregular satellite of Saturn. It was discovered by John J. Kavelaars et al. on September 23, 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 S 4. The name, given in August 2003, is after Tarvos, a deity depicted as a bull god carrying three cranes alongside its back from Gaulish mythology.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Orbit

Discovery images of Tarvos (circled) taken by the CFHT

Tarvos orbits Saturn at an average distance of 18 million km in 926 days and is about 15 km in diameter (assuming an albedo of 0.06).<ref name="LPSC2654">Template:Cite conference</ref> It has a high orbital eccentricity of 0.53.<ref name="JPL">SAT452 from {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

It is a member of the Gallic group of irregular satellites.

Origin

With a similar orbit and displaying a similar light-red colour to Albiorix, Tarvos is thought to have its origin in the break-up of a common progenitor<ref name="Grav2003">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="Gladman2001">Template:Cite journal</ref> or to be a fragment of that body.<ref name="Grav2006">Template:Cite journal</ref>

External links

• Ephemeris IAU-MPC NSES
• Saturn's Known Satellites (by Scott S. Sheppard)