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Naming conventions:

The moons of Saturn are named for various mythological people. There are actually several Phoebes in Greek mythology, one of whom was a Titan.

As for Puck, the moons of Uranus are named after characters from Shakespeare or Alexander Pope.
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Mayabird wrote:Naming conventions:

The moons of Saturn are named for various mythological people. There are actually several Phoebes in Greek mythology, one of whom was a Titan.

As for Puck, the moons of Uranus are named after characters from Shakespeare or Alexander Pope.
Which ones are from Pope? I thought they were all Shakespeare.
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Mayabird wrote:Naming conventions:

The moons of Saturn are named for various mythological people. There are actually several Phoebes in Greek mythology, one of whom was a Titan.

As for Puck, the moons of Uranus are named after characters from Shakespeare or Alexander Pope.

I know, I was only fishing :)
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Mayabird wrote:There are actually several Phoebes in Greek mythology, one of whom was a Titan.
Not just a Titan, Phoebes was the Titan of the Moon, which makes it a particularly good name to apply to a moon, especially one next to a moon named Titan.
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CaptainChewbacca wrote:
Mayabird wrote:Naming conventions:

The moons of Saturn are named for various mythological people. There are actually several Phoebes in Greek mythology, one of whom was a Titan.

As for Puck, the moons of Uranus are named after characters from Shakespeare or Alexander Pope.
Which ones are from Pope? I thought they were all Shakespeare.
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