Kari (moon)
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Kari, or Saturn XLV (provisional designation S/2006 S 2) is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on June 26, 2006, from observations taken between January and April 2006.
Kari is about 7 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 22,305.1 Mm in 1243.71 days, at an inclination of 148.4° to the ecliptic (154.6° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.3405.
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Generally listed in increasing distance from Saturn
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| Ring shepherds | Pan · Daphnis · Atlas · Prometheus · S/2004 S 6? · S/2004 S 4? · S/2004 S 3? · Pandora |
| Co-orbitals | Epimetheus · Janus |
| Inner large and Trojan | Mimas · Methone · Pallene · Enceladus · Tethys (trojans Telesto, Calypso) · Dione (trojans Helene, Polydeuces) |
| Outer large | Rhea · Titan · Hyperion · Iapetus |
| Inuit group | Kiviuq · Ijiraq · Paaliaq · Siarnaq |
| Norse group | Phoebe · Skathi · Skoll · S/2004 S 13 · S/2006 S 4 · Hyrokkin · Mundilfari · S/2006 S 6 · S/2006 S 1 · S/2004 S 17 · Narvi · Bergelmir · Aegir · Suttungr · S/2004 S 12 · Bestla · Farbauti · Hati · S/2004 S 7 · Thrymr · S/2006 S 3 · Surtur · Kari · Fenrir · Ymir · Loge · Fornjot |
| Gallic group | Albiorix · Bebhionn · Erriapo · Tarvos |
