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	'''Fornjot''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|f\|ɔr\|n\|j\|ɒ\|t}} {{respell\|FOR\|nyot}}), or '''Saturn XLII''' (provisional designation '''S/2004 S 8'''), is the outermost ] of ]. Its discovery was announced by ], ], ], and ] on 4 May 2005 from observations taken between 12 December 2004, and 11 March 2005.		'''Fornjot''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|f\|ɔr\|n\|j\|ɒ\|t}} {{respell\|FOR\|nyot}}), or '''Saturn XLII''' (provisional designation '''S/2004 S 8'''), is the outermost ] of ]. Its discovery was announced by ], ], ], and ] on 4 May 2005 from observations taken between 12 December 2004, and 11 March 2005.

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Fornjot from Cassini

Fornjot (/ˈfɔːrnjɒt/ FOR-nyot), or Saturn XLII (provisional designation S/2004 S 8), is the outermost natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on 4 May 2005 from observations taken between 12 December 2004, and 11 March 2005.

It is about 6 kilometres in diameter, and it orbits Saturn at an average distance of 23,609 Mm in 1354 d at an inclination of 168° to the ecliptic (160° to Saturn's equator) in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.186.

Fornjot was named after Fornjót, a giant in Norse mythology.

References

Institute for Astronomy Saturn Satellite Data
Jewitt's New Satellites of Saturn page
IAUC 8523: New Satellites of Saturn May 4, 2005 (discovery)
MPEC 2005-J13: Twelve New Satellites of Saturn May 3, 2005 (discovery and ephemeris)
IAUC 8826: Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn April 5, 2007 (naming the moon)

Moons of Saturn

Listed in approximate increasing distance from Saturn

Ring moonlets

Ring shepherds

Other inner moons

Alkyonides

Large moons
(with trojans)

Inuit group (13)

Kiviuq subgroup	S/2019 S 1 Kiviuq S/2005 S 4 S/2020 S 1 Ijiraq
Paaliaq subgroup	Paaliaq
Siarnaq subgroup	S/2004 S 31 Tarqeq S/2019 S 14 Siarnaq S/2020 S 3 S/2019 S 6 S/2020 S 5

Gallic group (7)

Norse group (100)

Phoebe subgroup	Phoebe S/2006 S 20 S/2006 S 9

Skathi
S/2007 S 5
S/2007 S 7
S/2007 S 2
S/2004 S 37
S/2004 S 47
S/2004 S 40
S/2019 S 2
S/2019 S 3
S/2020 S 7
Skoll
S/2020 S 2
S/2019 S 4
S/2004 S 41
S/2004 S 42
Hyrrokkin
Greip
S/2004 S 13
S/2007 S 6
Mundilfari
S/2006 S 1
S/2004 S 43
S/2006 S 10
S/2019 S 5
Gridr
Bergelmir
Jarnsaxa
Narvi
Suttungr
S/2004 S 44
S/2007 S 3
S/2004 S 45
Hati
S/2004 S 17
S/2006 S 11
S/2004 S 12
Eggther
S/2006 S 13
S/2007 S 9
S/2019 S 7
S/2019 S 8
Farbauti
Thrymr
Bestla
S/2019 S 9
S/2004 S 46
Angrboda
S/2019 S 11
Aegir
S/2019 S 10
Beli
S/2019 S 12
Gerd
S/2019 S 13
S/2006 S 14
Gunnlod
S/2019 S 15
S/2020 S 6
S/2004 S 7
S/2006 S 3
S/2005 S 5
Skrymir
S/2006 S 16
S/2006 S 15
S/2004 S 28
S/2020 S 8
Alvaldi
Kari
S/2004 S 48
Geirrod
Fenrir
S/2004 S 50
S/2006 S 17
S/2004 S 49
S/2019 S 17
Surtur
S/2006 S 18
Loge
Ymir
S/2019 S 19
S/2019 S 18
S/2004 S 21
S/2004 S 39
S/2019 S 16
S/2004 S 53
S/2004 S 36
Thiazzi
S/2019 S 20
S/2006 S 19
Saturn LXIV
Fornjot
S/2004 S 51
S/2020 S 10
S/2020 S 9
Saturn LVIII
S/2019 S 21
S/2004 S 52

Outlier prograde
irregular moons

S/2006 S 12

S/2004 S 24

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