Skathi is an irregular moon of Saturn, roughly eight kilometers across, discovered in 2000 by a team led by Brett Gladman. It orbits Saturn at a great distance in the opposite direction to the planet's rotation, which is typical of captured moons, and belongs to a group of retrograde moons named for figures of Norse mythology. Skathi gives its name to a family of moons with similar orbits that may have been formed by a collision. It is named after Skaði, a giantess in Norse mythology.
Before and after
- 7 August 2000Discovery of Paaliaq
- 7 August 2000Discovery of Ymir
- from 14 August 2000 to 1 January 2015Premiere of Dora the Explorer
- 23 September 2000Discovery of Ijiraq
- 23 September 2000Discovery of Skathi
- 23 September 2000Discovery of Erriapus
- 23 September 2000Discovery of Siarnaq
- 23 September 2000Discovery of Tarvos
- 23 September 2000Discovery of Mundilfari
More in Universe & space
- 22 October 1969Discovery of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
- 14 September 1974Discovery of Leda
- 24 May 1981Discovery of Larissa
- 22 August 1981Discovery of Pan
- 19 January 2006Launch of New Horizons
- 26 June 2012Discovery of Styx
The era
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