S/2004 S 6 is a provisional designation given to an object detected in images from the Cassini spacecraft, which entered orbit around Saturn in 2004. Provisional names of this form are assigned to possible new moons: the S stands for Saturn, followed by the year and a running number. Objects of this kind, found close to Saturn's rings, often turn out to be clumps of material or transient features rather than true moons, and some were never confirmed as lasting bodies. The designation records the early phase of Cassini's long study of the Saturn system, which found many new small moons and revealed the complex behaviour of the rings.
Before and after
- 21 October 2004Discovery of Polydeuces
- 25 October 2004South Thailand insurgency
- 26 October 2004Founding of European Border and Coast Guard Agency
- 26 October 2004Release of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- 28 October 2004Discovery of S/2004 S 6
- 28 October 2004The 'hobbit' Homo floresiensis is announced
- 29 October 2004Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe
- November 2004Release of Google Scholar
- 2 November 20042004 United States presidential election
More in Universe & space
- 16 February 1948Discovery of Miranda
- 5 September 1977Launch of Voyager 1
- 4 March 1979Discovery of Metis
- 8 July 1979Discovery of Adrastea
- 24 April 1990Launch of Hubble Space Telescope
- 25 December 2021Launch of James Webb Space Telescope
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