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Aegir

moon of Saturn
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Summary

Aegir is a moon of Saturn[1]. Aegir draws 216 Wikipedia views per month (moon of saturn category, ranking #38 of 96).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Scott S. Sheppard[3]
  • Instance of: irregular moon[4]
  • Named after: Ægir[5]
  • Commons category: Aegir (moon)[6]
  • Parent astronomical body: Saturn[7]
  • Provisional designation: S/2004 S 10[8]
  • Time of discovery or invention: December 12, 2004[9]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.252[10]
  • Orbital inclination: 166.7 degree[11]
  • Temperature: 91 K[12]
  • Orbital period: 1025.908 day[13]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 19,618,384 km[14]
  • Diameter: 6 km[15]
  • Name: Saturn XXXVI[16]
  • Surface gravity: 0.0019 metres per second squared[17]

Why It Matters

Aegir has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Aegir is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Scott S. Sheppard

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Mbch331 · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Aegir, saélite.jpg
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ar', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'cdo', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||nl */ via [[:w:ru:ВП:WE-F|WE-Framework gadget]] from nlwiki"
  2. 11w ago · Nrco0e · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Scott S. Sheppard
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+166.7'}
    Diameter → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+6'}
    Instance of → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Aegir, saélite.jpg"
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