December 12, Mauna Kea S. December 13, Mauna Kea S. Spelling changed from Hyrokkin. January 4, Mauna Kea S. January 5, Mauna Kea S.
Jewittt, J. January 16, Mauna Kea S. Gladman, P. Nicholson, J. Burns and J. Nicholson, B. Holman, J. Kavelaars, B. Petit, and H. Kavelaars and D. Kavelaars, M. Holman, D. Milisavljevic, and T. Milisavljevic, M. Kavelaars, and T. Showalter and J. Lissauer Neptunian System Satellites in the neptunian system are named for characters from Greek or Roman mythology associated with Neptune or Poseidon or the oceans. Irregular satellites are named for the Nereids, the daughters of Nereus and Doris, and the attendants of Neptune.
The first suggestion of the name Triton has been attributed to the French astronomer Camille Flammarion. October 10, Liverpool W. May 1, Fort Davis G. Mother of Aphrodite in some legends; others say she bore the Telchines.
After the discovery by Voyager, it was established that an occultation of a star by this satellite had been fortuitously observed in by H. Reitsema, W. Hubbard, L. Lebofsky, and D. August 14, Cerro Tololo M. Kavelaars, T. Grav, W. Fraser, and D. August 29, Mauna Kea S. August 14, Cerro Tololo T. Grav, M. Kavelaars, W.
August 13, Cerro Tololo J. Holman, T. July 15, Hubble Space Telescope M. Showalter, I. Grav, J. Lissauer, and R. Named after the Roman god of the underworld who was able to render himself invisible. January 23, Flagstaff C. Tombaugh Pluto I Charon Named after the Greek mythological boatman who ferried souls across the river Styx to Pluto for judgement. April 13, Flagstaff J. Nix is the Egyptian spelling of the Greek name Nyx. May 15, Hubble Space Telescope H. Weaver, S. Stern, M.
Mutchler, A. Steffl, M. Buie, W. Merline, J. Spencer, E. Young, and L. Young Pluto III Hydra In Greek mythology, terrifying monster with the body of a serpent and nine heads that guarded the underworld. June 28, Hubble Space Telescope M. Showalter, D. Hamilton, S. Stern, H. Weaver, A. Steffl, and L. June 26, Hubble Space Telescope M. Showalter, H. Stern, A. Merline, M. Mutchler, R. Soummer, and H. October 21, Palomar Observatory M. Brown, C. Trujillo, and D.
Rabinowitz Eris I Dysnomia Eris' daughter, spirit of lawlessness. March 31, Palomar Observatory M. Every civilization has had a name for the satellite of Earth that is known, in English, as the Moon.
Inner satellite of Mars. This outer Martian satellite was named for one of the horses that drew Mars' chariot; also called an "attendant" or "son" of Mars, according to chapter 15, line of Homer's "Iliad.
Named for a nymph who raised the infant Zeus. Named for a group of mythological beings who lived on Mount Ida, where the infant Zeus was hidden and raised according to some accounts by the nymph Ida. The name was suggested by a staff member of the Paris Observatory who first computed an orbit for Mathilde. Satellite of 22 Kalliope. Satellite of 45 Eugenia. Io, the daughter of Inachus, was changed by Jupiter into a cow to protect her from Hera's jealous wrath.
Galileo Simon Marius probably made an independent discovery of the Galilean satellites at about the same time that Galileo did, and he may have unwittingly sighted them up to a month earlier, but the priority must go to Galileo because he published his discovery first. Beautiful daughter of Agenor, king of Tyre, she was seduced by Jupiter, who had assumed the shape of a white bull.
Galileo who evidently observed the combined image of Io and Europa the previous night. Beautiful young boy who was carried to Olympus by Jupiter disguised as an eagle. Beautiful daughter of Lycaon, she was seduced by Jupiter, who changed her into a bear to protect her from Hera's jealousy. A naiad who nursed the new-born Jupiter. Daughter of King Orchomenus, a paramour of Zeus, and by him the mother of the giant Tityus. Wife of Minos, king of Crete.
Daughter of the river god Asopus. Daughter of Kadmos, also named Semele, mother of Dionysos by Zeus. An Egyptian king's daughter, granddaughter of Io, mother of Aigyptos by Zeus. First wife of Zeus.
Daughter and wife of Clymenus. Wife of Laius, King of Thebes, and mother of Oedipus. Semele, mother of Dionysos by Zeus.
Mother of the Graces by Zeus, according to some authors. Source: Cornutus: Theologiae Graecae compendium Greek meaning "She who belongs to Zeus". Granddaughter of Zeus, daughter of Hephaestus and Aglaia, and sister of Philophrosyne. Great-granddaughter of Jupiter. Daughter of Zeus and the Moon goddess Selene, goddess of the full moon, and sister of Ersa.
Daughter of Zeus and the Moon goddess Selene, goddess of the dew, and sister of Pandia. Named by Herschel's son John in the early 19th century for a Giant felled by Hephaestus or Ares in the war between the Titans and Olympian gods.
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For instance, in the myths, Zeus abused his power by dethroning his father, Cronus, who had deposed his own father, Uranus. The nearest dwarf star is in an orbit of only The rotational period of the interior of Uranus is 17 hours, 14 minutes. They concluded that there must be a ring system around Uranus. In fact, Uranus's heat flux is only 0.
In images from the Cassini spacecraft during , Saturn's northern hemisphere displayed a bright blue hue, similar to Uranus.
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