Triton Flag, Moon of Neptune

Flag of Triton
The Titan Moon of Neptune

This is the flag of the moon Triton, Neptune's largest moon. It uses the colours black, white, indigo, blue, and dark sea green.

The two conch shells are reflective of the god Triton, and the blue crescent is the planet Neptune.





A view from Triton

Charon Flag, Siamese Dwarf Planet

Flag of Charon

the lesser twin of the Pluto System

The flag of Charon is actually a Twin Dwarf Planet on the outer rim of our solar system. So nebulous is it's identity it threw the astronomical universe upside down for a while back in 2006.

When Pluto was demoted to a Dwarf Planet, Charon was subsequently no longer considered a moon by many astronomers. Reason being that the center of gravity between Pluto and Charon is not in a planet but rather somewhere in between, albeit closer to Pluto. Thus Charon is a Dwarf Planet.

The flag of Charon uses four colours: purple, navy blue, black and white. This flag has a strong counter charge aspect. The taller figure is the God Charon, the ferry man to underworld. The sitting black figure to the right represents a person crossing over to Hades. The boat is also shaped like a moon to denote Charon's bi-terminal status as a 'moon.' The staff of Charon is black and white denoting the elemental dichotomy between life and death. Near the upper hoist is the symbol of Pluto.

Flag of Charon proudly flying on a 'Pluto-Rise'

Enceladus Flag, Moon of Saturn

Tethys Flag, Moon of Saturn

Dione Flag, Moon of Saturn

Rhea Flag, Moon of Saturn Flag

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)

Iapetus Flag, Moon of Saturn

Flag of Iapetus

Outer Moon of Saturn

Iapetus is another unusual moon orbiting Saturn. It came to our awareness in 1671 upon the studies of Giovanni Domenico Cassini of Genoa.

Like its parent planet Saturn, Iepetus has a striking two tone black and white contrast that gives it a stunning beauty. In addition its great ridge or wall of Iapetus gives it an extraordinary unusually geologic dimension.

Finally it's orbit is highly tilted, thus it qualifies in some sense as beyond a moon. Reason being since Pluto has a tilted orbit and is no longer a planet - Iapetus is in some sense also Dwarf Planet due to its inclined (tilted) orbit relative to Saturn.

Flag of Iapetus
during a Saturn Rise with Titan in the distance