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> Saturn's system currently hosts three of these groupings — the Inuit group, the Gallic group and the densely populated Norse group, all of which take their names from different mythologies.

> All of the newfound moons of Saturn fall into one of these three currently existing groupings. Three of the new moons belong to the Inuit group, but the majority fit in the Norse group.

TIL Saturn's moons are named after various human groups.

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More precisely the gods and other mythological figures from these peoples.

Ah, certainly. I think "Titan" is a somewhat odd name for a human.

Nah, perfect name for a person who is full of himself/herself.

Named after characters in the mythologies of the groups, e.g. Fenrir from Norse mythology. Initially they were all named after Titans (because Saturn is a Titan), but they ran out of Titans. As far as I can tell, the Norse names are all names of Jötunn which are to some extent a parallel to Titans in Norse mythology.

I like that the moons of Uranus are names after Shakespeare characters.

Is this why my son called out Macbeth when he walked in on me in the shower?

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