S/2006 S 12 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, E. Ashton and Brett J. Gladman on May 7, 2023 from observations taken between January 5, 2006 and July 8, 2021.

S/2006 S 12 is about 4 kilometers in diameter, and orbits Saturn at a distance of 19.569 Gm in 1,043.16 days, at an inclination of 39.03, orbits in prograde direction and eccentricity of 0.542. S/2006 S 12 belongs to the Gallic group; however, its semi-major axis is a bit further out than its other members, meaning it is an outlier prograde moon along with S/2004 S 24.

S/2006 S 12

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Gallic group

Moons of Saturn

Irregular satellites

Moons with a prograde orbit

Astronomical objects discovered in 2023

S/2006 S 12