Tuesday, October 08, 2019

Saturn is the New Moon King

Working at an aviation school, I often encounter students who are fascinated by the prospect of space travel.  Today, I learned that Saturn is the new moon king of the solar system.  Seriously, Saturn's up to 82 moons:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/solar-system/a29393374/saturn-moons/

Now that's a planet that's clearly got it going on!  As if that wasn't cool enough, there's a contest to name Saturn's newly discovered moons:
https://carnegiescience.edu/NameSaturnsMoons

The contest ends on December 6, 2019.  Submissions must relate to Gallic, Inuit, or Norse mythology.  Darn it!  And I wanted to name the two newly discovered prograde moons Ignignokt and Err.