S/2005 S 5

S/2005 S 5 is a small and faint natural 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 March 9, 2005 and July 24, 2020.
S/2005 S 5 was the 100th irregular moon of Saturn announced.

Physical characteristics, orbit, and origin

S/2005 S 5 orbits Saturn at a distance of 21.030 million km in 1,138.62 days, at an inclination of 172.52, orbits in a retrograde direction and has an eccentricity of 0.510. S/2005 S 5 belongs to the Norse group and is a member of the Mundilfari subgroup, possibly a fragment of Mundilfari.
S/2005 S 5 is estimated to be about 3 kilometers in diameter.