Was Minmus named after this moon?

[Rainbow Dash]

I just found this on NASA, could Minmas be anmed after this tiny moon? http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia14619.html

[GoodGuy]

perhaps... then perhaps not.

[carter1205]

Or it could be named after the latin word minimus which means smallest.

[spikeyhat09]

Or it could be named after the latin word minimus which means smallest.

yeah ima go with carter on this one

[AeroPelican]

I think it was named after Queen Henrietta the first's court dwarf, lord minimus.

[dragonfree97]

Obviously it had the 'i' removed from 'Minimus', because, as we all know, the moon is called 'Minmus', not 'Minimus'.

[Splendid]

It's named after my cockroach, Muniminimuminimumusiyus.

[kevinlacht]

There's only one way to found it out .

Who's exactly maked minmus in the first place?

[GoodGuy]

Legend goes that Harv was eating mint-flavored ice-cream with a spoon, dropped it and said "that looks like a moon".

[spikeyhat09]

Obviously it had the 'i' removed from 'Minimus', because, as we all know, the moon is called 'Minmus', not 'Minimus'.

Yes, but Minimus sounds closer to Minmus than Mimas

Plus as cater said minimus means smallest, which well suits the tiniest body in the Kerbol System

[air805ronin]

Plus as carter said minimus means smallest, which well suits the tiniest body in the Kerbol System

The tiniest body in my Kerbol system is currently Jeb from an in space accident. He's currently orbiting Kerbol like everything else all on his lonesome. Aside from that I totally agree that latin is the most likely source.