| Moon name | Planet | Research |
| Adrastea | Jupiter | Goddess of Fate, inevitable one |
| Amalthea | Jupiter | Goat that suckled Zeus, bearer of horn of Cornucopia |
| Ananke | Jupiter | Nurse of Zeus, a force even gods must obey |
| Belinda | Uranus | |
| Belior | Pern | Anne McCaffrey's Dragonrider books |
| Bianca | Uranus | Taming of the Shrew: Second daughter |
| Callisto | Jupiter | Greek goddess lover of Zeus, mother of Pan |
| Calypso | Saturn | a Nymph, daughter of Atlas, or daughter of Tethys? |
| Carme | Jupiter | daughter of Phoenix |
| Ceres | Sun | Asteroid - Roman goddess of corn & creative powers of earth |
| Cordelia | Uranus | King Lear's youngest & best loved daughter |
| Cressida | Uranus | Troilus: daughter of Chalchas |
| Cybele | Sun | Asteroid - "Mountain Mother", identified with Rhea |
| Desdemona | Uranus | Othello's wife |
| Dione | Saturn | Zeus' wife, Aphrodite's mother, Atlas' daughter |
| Earth | Sun | Satelite of Sol |
| Elara | Jupiter | |
| Europa | Jupiter | maiden seduced by Zeus, mother-in-law to Pasiphae |
| Ganymede | Jupiter | As You Like It, Rosalind's disguise |
| Helene | Saturn | Helen of Troy, daughter of Nemesis, raised by Leda |
| Himalia | Jupiter | Nymph of Rhodes, a miller's wife, taken by Zeus |
| Hygeia | Sun | Asteroid - Personification of Health |
| Interamnia | Sun | Asteroid of Sol |
| Io | Jupiter | Hera's preistess, seduced by Zeus |
| Juliet | Uranus | Romeo & Juliet |
| Leda | Jupiter | Zeus turned himself into a Swan to seduce Leda |
| Lysithea | Jupiter | |
| Metis | Jupiter | first mistress of Zeus. Prudence, treachery |
| Miranda | Uranus | The Tempest, Prospero's daughter |
| Nereid | Neptune | sea nymphs, Nereids were the daughters of Nereaus |
| Ophelia | Uranus | Hamlet: went mad over love of Hamlet |
| Pallas | Sun | Asteroid, daugher of Triton |
| Pandora | Saturn | Greek, first woman, wife of Epimetheus |
| Pasiphae | Jupiter | Wife of Minos, "she who shines on all" = moon |
| Persephone | Sun | Zeus' daughter, associated with Hades |
| Phoebe | Saturn | As You Like It |
| Portia | Uranus | Merchant of Venice: a rich heiress |
| Rhea | Saturn | Mother of Zeus |
| Rosalind | Uranus | As You Like It: daughter of exiled Duke of Burgundy |
| Sinope | Jupiter | Deimos & Phobos sister, kept virgin to Zeus |
| Telesto | Saturn | |
| Tethys | Saturn | daughter of Uranus, raised by Hera |
| Thebe | Jupiter | daughter of Prometheus |
| Titania | Uranus | Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Umbriel | Uranus | Twelfth's Night |
| Venus | Sun | Ita Venus=Greek Aphrodite, goddess love, veg. gard |
| Vesta | Sun | Asteroid -Roman goddess, hearthfire, tended by Vestal Virgins |
| Titania | Uranus | Midsummer Night's Dream |
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