Vanth

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 Vanth on Wikipedia
 Vanth (moon) on Wikipedia
Vanth in a fresco in an Etruscan tomb in Tarquinia

Etymology

From Etruscan (vanθ). The moon was named after the goddess in an online voting in 2009, the name Vanth was first suggested by American writer Sonya Taaffe.

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Vanth

  1. (mythology) In Etruscan mythology, a chthonic goddess who guides the souls of the dead to the underworld, often shown in various forms of funerary art.
  2. (astronomy) The single known natural satellite of the plutino and likely dwarf planet Orcus.

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