Discovery of Kari

Kari is a small irregular moon of Saturn, about seven kilometres across, which circles the planet at a great distance, in a tilted and elongated orbit that runs opposite to Saturn's rotation. It was discovered in early 2006 by a team led by Scott Sheppard that used large telescopes in Hawaii to look for faint moons around the giant planets. Kari belongs to the Norse group of Saturn's satellites, which are thought to be fragments of a larger body captured by the planet. It is named after Kari, a figure in Norse mythology who personifies the wind and is a son of the giant Fornjot.

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