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Why doesn’t our moon have a name?

Raizinman

Raizinman

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We give names to all the planets. Jupiter has 64 moons, Mars has 2 moons, Saturn has 62 moons, Uranus has 27 moons, Neptune has 13 moons, and Earth has one moon. All of these planets have names for their moons from Phobos to Titan to Juliet. There are various unofficial names for our moon, but the official name of our moon is actually ‘moon’. Couldn’t we come up with a name? Lets have a contest to name our moon.
 
Luna?

I mean, technically it still means moon, but it only applies to our moon.
I don't know who is the official naming authority, but I would think we'd use that, just as the sun is "Sol".
 
OverVolt said:
Luna

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_(goddess)
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Thank you, I learned a new word. 🙂

Chthonic (pron.: /ˈkθɒnɪk/, from Greek χθόνιος – chthonios, "in, under, or beneath the earth", from χθών – chthōn "earth";[1] pertaining to the Earth; earthy; subterranean) designates, or pertains to, deities or spirits of the underworld, especially in relation to Greek religion. The Greek word khthon is one of several for "earth"; it typically refers to the interior of the soil, rather than the living surface of the land (as Gaia or Ge does) or the land as territory (as khora (χώρ&#945😉 does). It evokes at once abundance and the grave.
 
Since Earth's Moon was the first celestial body we ever saw/discovered, it was named first. Luna, Moon, etc, depending on the culture. Every people on Earth saw the Moon. Since all other planetary discoveries came later, any bodies that orbited them became 'moons', and were given more specific names.
 
Crono said:
Tsuki?

Only know because someone asked me to put that symbol on a laptop I customized. Had to hand brush it to get it to look right.
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Yeah. It means moon in Japanese. I am pretty sure Traditional Chinese uses it also but I have no clue how to say it.
 
Bateluer said:
Since Earth's Moon was the first celestial body we ever saw/discovered, it was named first. Luna, Moon, etc, depending on the culture. Every people on Earth saw the Moon. Since all other planetary discoveries came later, any bodies that orbited them became 'moons', and were given more specific names.
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I think the sun is a little more conspicuous in the sky.
 
Bateluer said:
Since Earth's Moon was the first celestial body we ever saw/discovered, it was named first.
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Actually, when you really think about it, the Moon and/or Sun were the 2nd/3rd celestial bodies we ever saw.

The first we ever saw was, obviously, the Earth. 🙂
 
Bateluer said:
Since Earth's Moon was the first celestial body we ever saw/discovered, it was named first. Luna, Moon, etc, depending on the culture. Every people on Earth saw the Moon. Since all other planetary discoveries came later, any bodies that orbited them became 'moons', and were given more specific names.
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exactly Earths satellite is the O.G. One so it's called "The Moon"

Explained street style...
 
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