Back Fenrir (Mond) ALS فينرير (قمر) Arabic Fenrir (Mond) BAR Фенрыр (спадарожнік) Byelorussian Фенрир (спътник на Сатурн) Bulgarian Fenrir (satèl·lit) Catalan Fenrir (ôi-sĭng) CDO Fenrir (měsíc) Czech Fenrir Danish Fenrir (Mond) German
- Fenrir is also a mythical creature from Norse mythology
Fenrir or Saturn XLI (provisional designation S/2004 S 16) is a moon of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on May 4, 2005, from observations taken between December 13, 2004, and March 5, 2005.
Fenrir is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 22,611,000 km in 1269.362 days, at an inclination of 163° to the ecliptic (143° to Saturn's equator), with an eccentricity of 0.131.
It was named in April 2007 after Fenrisulfr, a giant wolf from Norse mythology, father of Hati and Skoll, son of Loki, destined to break its bonds for Ragnarök.