"[11] The name is known from an inscription found near the French town of Sablet which identifies him with the Roman god Mars (an interpretatio romana).

[13] The diagram illustrates the Albiorigian orbit in relation to other prograde irregular satellites of Saturn.

Given the similarity of the orbital elements and the homogeneity of the physical characteristics with other members of the Gallic group, it was suggested that these satellites could have a common origin in the break-up of a larger moon.

Varying colours suggest a possibility of a large crater, leading to an alternative hypothesis that Erriapus and Tarvos could be fragments of Albiorix following a near-break-up collision with another body.

[14] It has a rotation period of 13.33±0.03 h, and while one light curve measured by Cassini–Huygens found two minima with a moderate perturbation in one of them, a different angle showed a sharp minimum and two shallower ones.