| Moon name | Planet | Research |
| Ariel | Saturn | The Tempest: an ayrie sprite |
| Atlas | Saturn | a titan, held the sky to prevent its fall to earth |
| Charon | Pluto | ferried dead souls across river from living to dead |
| Davida | Sun | an Asteroid |
| Deimos | Mars | Pestilence, son of Ares, brother of Phobos |
| Earth | Sun | a satellite of Sol |
| Enceladus | Saturn | Killed by Zeus, Mt. Aetna placed over body |
| Epimetheus | Saturn | Prometheus' bro, Pandora's spouse, "afterthought" |
| Ganymede | Jupiter | Zeus assumed eagle form, carried Ganymede to be waterbearer |
| Hyperion | Saturn | a Titan, son of Uranus, = Sun |
| Iapetus | Saturn | a Titan, Prometheus' father, Atlas' brother |
| Interamnia | Sun | an Asteroid |
| Janus | Saturn | two-faced Roman god, denotes any passageway, begining |
| Jupiter | Sun | Roman Jupiter=Greek Zeus, lord of sky & daylight |
| Mars | Sun | Roman god of war, forces of springtime, fertility |
| Mercury | Sun | Roman god of trade, commerce |
| Mimas | Saturn | a Titan struck down by Zeus when fought the gods |
| Neptune | Sun | Roman god of fresh water, later Greek sea god |
| Oberon | Uranus | Midsummer Night's Dream: King of the Fairies |
| Pallas | Sun | Asteroid |
| Phobos | Mars | Ares' son, Deimos' brother, personification of fear |
| Pluto | Sun | Lord of dead, Hades, God of Underworld, "Wealth" |
| Prometheus | Saturn | Epimetheus' brother, firebringer, "beforethought" |
| Puck | Uranus | Midsummer, Mischeivious, jester, not malevalent |
| Saturn | Sun | Roman god of chill & doom |
| Telesto | Saturn | |
| Timor | Pern | Anne McCaffrey's Dragonrider books |
| Titan | Saturn | Six sons of Uranus & Gaia, Cronus youngest, leader |
| Triton | Neptune | Greek Merman, Pallas is his daughter |
| Uranus | Sun | Consort of Earth (Ge), castrated by Cronus |
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