Discovery of Thrymr

Thrymr is a small irregular moon of Saturn, with a diameter of around seven or eight kilometres, orbiting the planet at a great distance on a tilted and elongated path, in the direction opposite to Saturn's spin. It was discovered in 2000 by an international team led by Brett Gladman, who used large telescopes to search for the faint moons of the giant planets. It belongs to the Norse group of moons, which are thought to be fragments of a larger body captured by Saturn. The moon is named after Thrymr, a giant in Norse mythology who stole the hammer of the god Thor and demanded the goddess Freyja as his bride in return.

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