Ijiraq

A confirmed moon in the Saturn system.

Named · Saturn XXII · S/2000 S 6

Snapshot 2026-09-09 · catalog 1.0.0

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Physical measurements

Mean radius
— No value in the admitted source set.
GM · gravitational parameter
— No value in the admitted source set.
Mass
— Mass requires an admitted GM estimate.
Mean density
— No value in the admitted source set.

Orbit descriptions

Mean elements describe an average orbit. They are not positions for a chosen date.

SAT456 · ecliptic plane · 2000-01-01.5 TDB
Semimajor axis
11,344,700 km
Sidereal period
451.12 days
Eccentricity
0.293
Inclination to reference plane
49.2°
Argument of periapsis
68.6°
Mean anomaly
83.4°
Ascending node
152.5°
Apsidal / nodal precession periods
1,480.8 / 1,223 years
Reference-plane pole RA / Dec
— / —°
Plane tilt to parent equator
—°
Reference center
Not specified in this summary sourceThe summary table identifies a parent system but does not explicitly specify the reference center for each solution. Do not infer a physical-primary center, especially for Pluto’s circumbinary moons.

Orientation

No supported orientation model in the admitted PCK source.

Identity & availability

Stable catalog ID
ijiraq
JPL / NAIF satellite ID
622
Names & designations
Ijiraq · S/2000 S 6
Discovery / rediscovery years
2000B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl, M. Holman, B.G. Marsden, P. Nicholson, J.A. Burns

No validated dated trajectory admitted in catalog 1.0.0. Mean elements are not ephemerides.

No image or global texture admitted in this catalog release.No environment measurements admitted in this catalog release.

Sources & evidence

  1. JPL discovery circumstancestable tr[142] (zero-based); saturn / Ijiraq · References: IAUC 7521
  2. MPC planetary satellite listitems[36]; Saturn 22
  3. MPC satellite namesitems[76]; Saturn 22
  4. JPL mean orbital elements#sat_elem row ID=145; Saturn / Ijiraq / NAIF 622 · References: 48

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