What does the name of Saturn's moon Atlas mean?

Anonymous

∙ 16y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

Atlas was believed to be a shepherd satellite (looking after the rings). Because of this it was named after Atlas of Greek mythology, because it "holds the rings on its shoulders" like the Titan Atlas held the sky up above the Earth

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