Erriapus

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/erriapus

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1. Who discovered Erriapus?Discovered in 2000 by Brett J. Gladman and colleagues
2. What is the type?Irregular moon of Saturn
3. What is the orbital distance from saturn?Approximately 17 million km (10.5 million miles)
4. How far is Erriapus from Saturn?Erriapus is very far from Saturn, about 17 million kilometers away. That is much farther than the planet’s rings.
5. How long does Erriapus take to go around Saturn?It takes Erriapus about 557 Earth days to complete one orbit around Saturn. That’s almost one and a half Earth years.

Irregular Moon: Moons with non-spherical shapes and often inclined or eccentric orbits, believed to be captured bodies or impact fragments.
Chaotic Rotation: A type of rotation where the axis of spin is unstable and changes unpredictably over time, often due to external forces.
Gravitational Perturbation: A disturbance in the orbit of a celestial body caused by the gravitational influence of another celestial body.
Accretion: The process by which dust and gas particles gradually clump together to form larger bodies, like planets and moons.