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Some of these bodies have exactly the same name, referring to the same mythological character. The earliest such conflicts possibly arose through not considering certain mythological names as "official"; for instance, the names Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto for the Galilean satellites of Jupiter were not used in astronomical literature of a certain era, their place being taken by Jupiter I ...
Proteus (/ ˈ p r oʊ t i ə s / PROH-tee-əs), also known as Neptune VIII, is the second-largest Neptunian moon, and Neptune's largest inner satellite. Discovered by Voyager 2 in 1989, it is named after Proteus , the shape-changing sea god of Greek mythology . [ 11 ]
Neptune was named for the Roman god of the sea, so the planet’s moons are named after lesser sea gods and nymphs. Finding all three moons required dozens of brief, five-minute exposures over the ...
It is named after the Roman god of the sea and has the astronomical symbol, representing Neptune's trident. [e] Neptune is not visible to the unaided eye and is the only planet in the Solar System that was not initially observed by direct empirical observation.
Larissa, also known as Neptune VII, is the fifth-closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Larissa , a lover of Poseidon (the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Neptune ). Larissa is also the eponymous nymph of the city in Thessaly , Greece .
This week, explore a space rock named for the Egyptian god of chaos, meet an electric blue tarantula, uncover a 2,300-year-old tomb, and more.
Near the edges of the earth is a region inhabited by fantastical creatures, monsters, and quasi-human beings. [6] Once one reaches the ends of the earth they find it to be surrounded by and delimited by an ocean (), [7] [8] as is seen in the Babylonian Map of the World, although there is one main difference between the Babylonian and early Greek view: Oceanus is a river and so has an outer ...
The timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites charts the progress of the discovery of new bodies over history. Each object is listed in chronological order of its discovery (multiple dates occur when the moments of imaging, observation, and publication differ), identified through its various designations (including temporary and permanent schemes), and the ...