Flag of Rhea
Saturn's moon Rhea was discovered in 1672 by Giovanni Domenico Cassini of the Genova Republic.
Rhea may be of the few moons to have its own moon, or rather mini-moon. There is evidence that Rhea may have rings or at least had them recently. But there is no conclusive data that confirms this idea.
But this phenomenon leads us to the question of what to name a moon of a moon? Mini-moon, Poon, or Moonernoid. Astronomers have yet to find such a 'nip-noom' object, but surely they exist.
Image of Goddess Rhea
with two lions at her sides
The flag of Rhea uses the colours blue, purple, and pink. In the central space is a large blue disc and the astrological symbol for Rhea. The symbol is composed of two Leo symbols on the lower left and right, in the upper middle position a female symbol pointing up.
This symbol is reflective of the Goddess Rhea's depiction in a chariot or thrown with two lions. The female symbol related to her association as the Mother of other Greek Gods.
If Rhea the Moon does indeed have small asteroid like 'moons' in orbit, appropriate names would be Simba, Scar, Mufassa, and other fictional lions from Hollywood and imagination land.
In the middle of the flag is horizontal blue line with two blue dashes. These are meant to by stylized female symbols pointed east and west, and coincidentally a chariot. Along the fly and hoist are two vertical blue stripes to represent her wide open heart as the cosmic mother to her offspring Gods.
Imagined View of from Rhea
with theoretical ring and companion "niperoon" Mufasa
(Mufasa was played by James Earl Jones in The Lion King 1994)
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