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> Saturn's system currently hosts three of these groupings — the Inuit group, the Gallic group and the densely populated Norse group, all of which take their na
by samhuk 3y ago
> Saturn's system currently hosts three of these groupings — the Inuit group, the Gallic group and the densely populated Norse group, all of which take their names from different mythologies.
> All of the newfound moons of Saturn fall into one of these three currently existing groupings. Three of the new moons belong to the Inuit group, but the majority fit in the Norse group.
TIL Saturn's moons are named after various human groups.
- pavlov 3y agoMore precisely the gods and other mythological figures from these peoples.
- goto11 3y agoNamed after characters in the mythologies of the groups, e.g. Fenrir from Norse mythology. Initially they were all named after Titans (because Saturn is a Titan), but they ran out of Titans. As far as I can tell, the Norse names are all names of Jötunn which are to some extent a parallel to Titans in Norse mythology. I like that the moons of Uranus are names after Shakespeare characters.
- dotancohen 3y agoIs this why my son called out Macbeth when he walked in on me in the shower?