Property:Name origin
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The name origin of any celestial body is a string describing the significance of the name. It does not name the person or persons who assigned this name.
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| Ariel + | A sylph in ''The Rape of the Lock'' by Alexander Pope; a sprite in ''The Tempest'' by William Shakespeare + |
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| Callisto + | Nymph or daughter of Lycaeon, servant of Artemis, mistress of Zeus + |
| Ceres + | Roman goddess of agriculture + |
| Charon + | mythic ferryman of the River Styx + |
D | |
| Deimos + | Greek ''deimos'' panic; attendant of Greek god of war + |
| Dione + | Titaness, sister of Kronos, mother (by Zeus) of Aphrodite + |
| Dysnomia + | Greek goddess of lawlessness, daughter of Eris. + |
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| Enceladus + | Giant killed in action in the Titan-Olympian War + |
| Eris + | Greek goddess of discord + |
| Europa + | Phoenician princess from whom Europe gets its name; mistress of Zeus, mother of Rhadamanthus and Minos. + |
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| Ganymede + | son of Tros and cupbearer to Zeus + |
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| Hydra (moon) + | Mythical 9-headed monster that guarded the underworld; second initial of "New Horizons" mission + |
| Hyperion + | Member of the Titans, per an earlier suggestion by Sir John Herschel as reported by William Lassell + |
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| Iapetus + | A Titan, god of mortality and wounding + |
| Io + | Argive princess and mistress of Zeus + |
J | |
| Jupiter + | Roman king of gods + |
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| Mars + | Roman god of war + |
| Mercury (planet) + | Roman messenger god and god of commerce, travel, and thievery + |
| Mimas + | A giant killed in action by Hephaestus in the Titan-Olympian War + |
| Miranda + | Female lead in William Shakespeare's play ''The Tempest'' + |
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| Nemesis + | Greek goddess of retribution + |
| Neptune + | Roman god of the sea + |
| Nereid + | Any of fifty women, daughters of Nereus and Doris, who attended Neptune + |
| Nix + | Greek ''Nyx'' goddess of night and mother of Charon (Egyptian spelling); first initial of "New Horizons" mission + |
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| Oberon + | King of the fairies in the play ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' by William Shakespeare + |
