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| Moon name |
Gender |
Planet |
History |
| Adrastea |
F |
Jupiter |
Goddess of Fate, the daughter of Jupiter and Ananke |
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| Amalthea |
F |
Jupiter |
named after the nymph who nursed Jupiter with goats milk |
| Ananke |
F |
Jupiter |
Goddess of unalterable necessity; the mother of the Moirae or Fates |
| Ariel |
M |
Uranus |
a mischievous airy spirit in Shakespeare's The Tempest |
| Atlas |
M |
Saturn |
a titan, held the sky to prevent its fall to
earth |
| Belinda |
F |
Uranus |
the heroine in Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock |
| Belior |
M/F |
Pern |
fictional planet created for Dragonriders of Pern series of novels |
| Bianca |
F |
Uranus |
sister of Katherine in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew |
| Callisto |
F |
Jupiter |
a nymph, beloved of Zeus and hated by Hera |
| Calypso |
F |
Saturn |
Goddess of Silence; daughter of Atlas, she was one of the Nymphs |
| Carme |
F |
Jupiter |
the mother, by Zeus, of Britomartis, a Cretan goddess |
| Ceres |
F |
Sun |
the daughter of Saturn and the mother of Proserpina |
| Charon |
M |
Pluto |
ferried dead souls across river from living
to dead |
| Cordelia |
F |
Uranus |
King Lear's youngest & best loved
daughter |
| Cressida |
F |
Uranus |
daughter of Calchas in Shakespeare's play Troilus and Cressida |
| Cybele |
F |
Sun |
Asteroid - the goddess of nature and fertility |
| Davida |
M |
Sun |
an Asteroid, named after David Peck Todd, an astronomy professor |
| Deimos |
M |
Mars |
one of the sons of Ares (Mars) and Aphrodite (Venus) |
| Desdemona |
F |
Uranus |
named after the wife of Othello in Shakespeare's play Othello |
| Dione |
F |
Saturn |
Dione was the mother of Aphrodite (Venus) by Zeus (Jupiter) |
| Earth |
M/F |
Sun |
Satellite of Sol |
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| Elara |
F |
Jupiter |
daughter of King Orchomenus, and one of Zeus' many lovers |
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| Enceladus |
M |
Saturn |
a Titan who was defeated in battle & buried under Mount Etna by Athena |
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| Endor |
M/F |
Star Wars |
Code-named the Sanctuary Moon in Starwars |
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| Epimetheus |
M |
Saturn |
Prometheus' bro, Pandora's spouse,
"afterthought" |
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| Europa |
F |
Jupiter |
maiden seduced by Zeus, mother-in-law to
Pasiphae |
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| Ganymede |
M |
Jupiter |
the young, beautiful boy that became one of Zeus' lovers |
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| Helene |
F |
Saturn |
Helen of Troy, daughter of Nemesis, raised
by Leda |
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| Himalia |
F |
Jupiter |
a nymph who bore three sons of Zeus (Jupiter) |
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| Hygeia |
F |
Sun |
Asteroid - Greek Goddess of Health &
Hygiene |
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| Hyperion |
M |
Saturn |
a Titan, son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios |
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| Iapetus |
M |
Saturn |
a Titan, Prometheus' father, Atlas' brother |
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| Interamnia |
M/F |
Sun |
a very large asteroid, named after the town of Teramo |
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| Io |
F |
Jupiter |
an Argive princess and the daughter of Inachus |
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| Irdrial |
M/F |
Coffman VI |
sea-green moon in the Darkover series of fantasy novels |
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| Janus |
M |
Saturn |
two-faced Roman god, denotes any passageway,
beginning |
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| Juliet |
F |
Uranus |
an innocent girl, the only daughter of the Capulets (Romeo & Juliet) |
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| Jupiter |
M |
Sun |
(Zeus in Greece); overthrew his father Saturn to become king of gods |
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| Kyrrdis |
M/F |
Coffman VI |
peacock- blue moon in Darkover series of fantasy fiction novels |
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| Leda |
F |
Jupiter |
loved by Zeus, who seduced her in the guise of a swan |
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| Lireal |
M/F |
Coffman VI |
violet-tinted moon in Darkover series of fantasy fiction novels |
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| Lysithea |
F |
Jupiter |
a daughter of Oceanus and one of Zeus's lovers |
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| Mars |
M |
Sun |
in Roman mythology, god of war and discord (Greek name, Ares) |
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| Mercury |
M |
Sun |
messenger of the gods, the son of the god
Jupiter and of Maia |
| Metis |
F |
Jupiter |
a Titaness who was the first wife of Zeus (Jupiter) |
| Mimas |
M |
Saturn |
a Titan struck down by Zeus when fought the
gods |
| Miranda |
F |
Uranus |
daughter of Prospero in Shakespeare's play The Tempest |
| Mormallor |
M/F |
Coffman VI |
very small white moon in Darkover series of fantasy fiction novels |
| Neptune |
M |
Sun |
in Roman mythology, god of the sea (Greek name, Poseidon) |
| Nereid |
F |
Neptune |
sea-nymphs of Greek mythology. They were the 50 daughters of Nereus |
| Oberon |
M |
Uranus |
in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the king of the fairies |
| Ophelia |
F |
Uranus |
female character from Hamlet by William Shakespeare |
| Pallas |
F |
Sun |
an asteroid; daughter of Triton (the Roman name for the Greek Athena) |
| Pallas |
M |
Sun |
one of the Titans; the son of Crius and Eurybia |
| Pandora |
F |
Saturn |
Greek, first woman, wife of Epimetheus |
| Pasiphae |
F |
Jupiter |
goddess Pharmakeia (Sorceress), daughter of the
sun god Helios |
| Persephone |
F |
Sun |
Zeus' daughter, associated with Hades |
| Phobos |
M |
Mars |
one of the sons of Ares (Mars) and Aphrodite (Venus) |
| Phoebe |
F |
Saturn |
daughter of Uranus and Gaia |
| Pluto |
M |
Sun |
in Roman mythology, (Greek: Hades) god of the underworld |
| Portia |
F |
Uranus |
Merchant of Venice: a rich heiress |
| Prometheus |
M |
Saturn |
the son of Iapetus who was one of the Titans |
| Puck |
M |
Uranus |
a fairy spirit that serves Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Rhea |
F |
Saturn |
Mother of Zeus |
| Rosalind |
F |
Uranus |
daughter of the banished Duke in Shakespeare's play As You Like It |
| Saturn |
M |
Sun |
in Roman mythology, the god of agriculture |
| Shanganagh |
M/F |
Ballybran |
Moon of Ballybran in McCaffrey's Crystal
Singer books |
| Shankill |
M/F |
Ballybran |
Moon of the Planet Ballybran in McCaffrey's
Crystal Singer books |
| Shilmore |
M/F |
Ballybran |
outermost moon of Ballybran in McCaffrey's
Crystal Singer books |
| Sinope |
F |
Jupiter |
an Ionian colony on the Black Sea; Diogenes of Sinope |
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| Telesto |
F |
Saturn |
a sea nymph, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys |
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| Tethys |
F |
Saturn |
daughter of Uranus, raised by Hera |
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| Thebe |
F |
Jupiter |
daughter of Prometheus |
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| Timor |
M/F |
Pern |
fictional planet created for Dragonriders of Pern series |
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| Titan |
M |
Saturn |
youngest in a family of giants, the children of Uranus and Gaia |
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| Titania |
F |
Uranus |
Midsummer Night's Dream |
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| Triton |
M |
Neptune |
god of the sea, the son of Poseidon (Neptune) |
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| Umbriel |
F |
Uranus |
Twelfth's Night |
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| Uranus |
M |
Sun |
personified as the son and husband of Gaia, Mother Earth |
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| Venus |
F |
Sun |
named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty |
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| Vesta |
F |
Sun |
the goddess of the hearth, equated with the Greek Hestia |
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| Titania |
F |
Uranus |
Queen of the Fairies and wife of Oberon in Midsummer-Night's Dream |
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