Hati is a small irregular moon of Saturn, a few kilometres across, that circles the planet in a distant and elongated orbit. It was found in images taken in late 2004 by a team led by Scott Sheppard, who used telescopes on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, and its discovery was announced in 2005. Hati belongs to the Norse group of Saturn's satellites, which orbit against the direction of the planet's spin and are probably the broken remains of a larger captured object. It is named after the wolf in Norse mythology who chases the Moon across the sky, in a pair with Skoll, which chases the Sun.
Before and after
- 12 December 2004Discovery of Aegir
- 12 December 2004Discovery of S/2004 S 12
- 12 December 2004Discovery of Farbauti
- 12 December 2004Discovery of S/2004 S 7
- 12 December 2004Discovery of Hati
- 12 December 2004Discovery of Fornjot
- 13 December 2004Discovery of S/2004 S 17
- 13 December 2004Discovery of Bestla
- 13 December 2004Discovery of Fenrir
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