Saturn LVIII

Saturn LVIII, also known as S/2004 S 26, is one of the farthest moons of the planet Saturn. It was found by astronomers Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, and Jan Kleyna. They announced this discovery on October 7, 2019, after looking at pictures taken between December 12, 2004, and March 21, 2007.

This small moon is only about 4 kilometres wide. It moves around Saturn at an average distance of 26.676 million kilometres. This distance is about 0.178 times the distance from the Earth to the Sun, or 0.178 AU. Saturn LVIII takes roughly 1,627 days to go once around Saturn, moving in the opposite way to Saturn’s rotation. This kind of path is called retrograde, and it helps scientists learn more about the moons around Saturn.