PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = STREAM LABEL_REVISION_NOTE = " 2009-12-15 John Diehl, Imaging Node, Initial template submission." OBJECT = TARGET TARGET_NAME = "PAALIAQ" OBJECT = TARGET_INFORMATION TARGET_TYPE = "SATELLITE" PRIMARY_BODY_NAME = "SATURN" ORBIT_DIRECTION = "PROGRADE" ROTATION_DIRECTION = "UNK" TARGET_DESC = " 'S20 PAALIAQ' and 'PAALIAQ' refer to the same target. Skoll (provisional designation S/2000 S 2). Paaliaq is a prograde irregular satellite of Saturn. It was discovered by Brett J. Gladman, John J. Kavelaars, Jean-Marc Petit, Hans Scholl, Matthew J. Holman, Brian G. Marsden, Philip D. Nicholson and Joseph A. Burns in early October 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 S 2. It was named in August 2003 after a fictional shaman in the book The Curse of the Shaman, written by Michael Kusugak, who supplied Kavelaars with the names of giants from Inuit mythology that were used for other Saturnian moons. Paaliaq is thought to be about 22 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 15.2 Gm in 687 days. It is a member of the Inuit group of irregular satellites. It also has a proximity with 9 other moons reaching up to ten miles from each. Together with Kiviuq and Siarnaq, Paaliaq displays light-red colours and similar infrared spectrum, further supporting the thesis of a possible common origin of the Inuit group in the break-up of a larger body." END_OBJECT = TARGET_INFORMATION END_OBJECT = TARGET END