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Tarvos
or
Saturn XXI
is a non-
spherical
moon of
Saturn
. It was found by
John J. Kavelaars
, et al. on
September 23
,
2000
, and given the designation
S/2000 S 4
. The name, given in August
2003
, is after
Tarvos
from
Gaulish
mythology.
Tarvos orbits Saturn at an average distance of 18 million km in 926 days and is about 15
km
in diameter (assuming an albedo of 0.04).
It is a member of the
Gallic group
of non-spherical moons.
Sharing similar orbit and displaying similar
light-red
colour, Tarvos is thought to have been formed in a break-up of a bigger body or to be a piece of
Albiorix
.