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Loge (provisional designation S/2006 S 5) is a natural satellite
of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by David C. Jewitt,
Scott S. Sheppard, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on
June 26 of 2006, after the observations made between
December 13th of 2004 and April 30 of 2006.
Loge is about 6 miles long around diameter and orbits Saturn at an
average distance of 23,142,000 km in 1314.364 days, at an inclination
of 166.5 degrees in the ecliptic (165.3 degress in Ecuador Saturn)
retrogradely with an eccentricity of 0.1390.
Named after Loge fire giant of Norse mythology, son of Fornjot
(not to be confused with Loki).
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