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Why was Saturn’s moon Titan named after the Titans of Greek mythology?
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Titan, moon of Saturn, photographed by Voyager 2 on August 25, 1981, at a distance of 907,000 km (564,000 miles). Green and violet images were combined to make this photograph, which shows the extended atmosphere of the satellite.
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is named after the Titans of Greek mythology.1
In Greek mythology, the Titans were the 12 children of Uranus and Gaea, a group that included Cronus, who was later equated by the Romans with the god Saturn. Because the planet Saturn is named after the Roman deity, the moon was named in reference to the mythological Titans, specifically acknowledging the connection between Cronus and his Roman counterpart.21