Gorgoneion

Etymology
From, neuter of.

The moon was named after the pendant, because of its association with the Greek goddess Athena (and thus with her Roman equivalent, Minerva).

Proper noun

 * 1)  The head of the gorgon Medusa.
 * 2) * 2000, Extract from [1840, Lewis, Donaldson (translators)], K. O. Müller, Introduction to A Scientific Study of Mythology, Burton Feldman, Robert D. Richardson (editors), The Rise of Modern Mythology, 1680-1860,, page 419,
 * On returning home, he[Perseus] turns Polydectes and his people to stone, and then gives the Gorgoneion to his protectress Athena, who fixes it upon her shield.
 * 1)  A pendant, worn by the goddess Athena, which features an image of Medusa's head.
 * 2)  The smaller and closer-orbiting of the two moons of the main-belt asteroid.