AstroAlert: You can help name Saturn’s newly discovered moons

Twenty additional moons have recently been discovered around Saturn, bringing the total to 82 known companions around the ringed planet. And you can help name them!

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You’ll need a free Twitter account, which you can use to tweet suggestions to @SaturnLunacy using the hashtag #NameSaturnsMoons along with a brief explanation for why you chose that name.

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There’s a catch, however. Two moons must be given Inuit names, 17 should have names from Norse mythology, and one will be given a Gallic name.

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Fun fact: Almost all moons in the solar system are named after mythological characters except for the moons of Uranus, which are named for characters in the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.

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The deadline to submit names for Saturn’s newly discovered moons is December 6, 2019. You can find more information here: https://carnegiescience.edu/NameSaturnsMoons

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Best regards,
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Michael

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