Vanth
English edit
Etymology edit
From Etruscan [script needed] (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.
Proper noun edit
Vanth
- (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.
- (astronomy) The single known natural satellite of the plutino and likely dwarf planet Orcus.
Translations edit
Etruscan goddess
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moon of Orcus