Polydeuces
Proper noun
Meaning
Polydeuces
(astronomy) A moon of Saturn.
Synonyms
Examples
David A. Campbell, Greek Lyric Poetry, Bristol Classical Press (1982), pp. 286, 289 Hither now to me from your isle of Pelops, You powerful children of Zeus and Leda, Showing youselves kindly by nature, Castor And Polydeuces!
The following fragment of a hymn to Castor and Polydeuces (the Dioscuri ) is possibly another example of this though some scholars interpret it instead as a prayer for a safe voyage.
The moons wander azimuthally about the Lagrangian points, with Polydeuces describing the largest deviations, moving up to 32 degrees away from the Saturn–Dione L 5 point.