Surtur is a small irregular moon of Saturn, found in 2006 by a team of astronomers led by Scott Sheppard using the Subaru telescope on Mauna Kea. It is a retrograde moon, meaning it orbits in the opposite direction to the planet's rotation, and it belongs to the Norse group of Saturn's outer moons, which are named after figures from Norse mythology. It was given its name, that of the fire giant said to bring about the destruction of the world at Ragnarok, some years after its discovery. It is only a few kilometres wide and probably a fragment of a captured larger body.
Before and after
- 5 January 2006Discovery of Tarqeq
- 5 January 2006Discovery of Greip
- 5 January 2006Discovery of Jarnsaxa
- 5 January 2006Discovery of S/2006 S 3
- 5 January 2006Discovery of Surtur
- 5 January 2006Discovery of Loge
- 19 January 2006Launch of New Horizons
- 15 March 2006Founding of United Nations Human Rights Council
- from 24 March 2006 to 16 January 2011Premiere of Hannah Montana
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- 5 September 1977Launch of Voyager 1
- 4 March 1979Discovery of Metis
- 5 March 1979Discovery of Thebe
- 8 July 1979Discovery of Adrastea
- 25 December 2021Launch of James Webb Space Telescope
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