Our satellite is the only one in the S.S. that is unnamed. And no, "luna" isn't a name, it's Latin for "moon." Now that we're starting to stretch our legs a little into space, isn't it time we stop being so earth-centric and actually name our moon?
2006-06-26 10:43:55 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Alright dumb dumbs, quit saying "moon" cuz that's not what we're going for here. You're like my 6 year old neighbor boy who wears girls' pull-ups. Let's grow up a bit and learn to use the potty. I think it should be named after someone highly influential to the study of our galaxy, no, not "Dubya". What about Gali? short for Galileo (der) Or we could go the pretty route with Lumina? Or whimsical........name a favorite cheese and top it with something sweet: manchego butterscotch. That's my pick right there. It's so logical: Manchego Butterscotch.
2006-06-26 10:55:10 · answer #1 · answered by Kel 2 · 1⤊ 6⤋
All of the other planets (I'll amend, the other eight original planets, as we've had additions) all have Deity names (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto)....and Earth is just Earth. Since we are on a nondescript planet, why shouldn't our satellite simply be Moon? unless, of course, you have a name for Earth too (which by your statement, we can't call it Terra).
I say leave Earth, Earth, and Moon, Moon. Should we actually encounter others out there in the deeps of space, we may enjoy the non-name of our planet and her little satellite to set us apart. And if we don't meet others along the way, we'll at least always know which one is our original home, for it is Earth, and she is orbited by the MOON.
2006-06-26 11:50:51 · answer #2 · answered by Ananke402 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Moon
2006-06-26 10:45:27 · answer #3 · answered by Nordschleife 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth's major satellite already has a name in English - it is "The Moon" or just "Moon". It of course has hundreds of different names in other languages. The generic term for this type of object is not moon, but satellite.
2006-06-26 13:41:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moon 2.0: the return of Luna
2006-06-26 10:46:01 · answer #5 · answered by Scott D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh....wait I know the answer for htis one! MOON! or LUNA since all the moons in our system have been given names and Luna is a name. Even if you don't like that fact that it is latin for moon, or more precisely the evening sun.
2006-06-26 10:46:19 · answer #6 · answered by ce1n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The roots of the word Moon come from the word "month". I imagine that is because the moon follows a regular, predictable pattern of exactly a month.
But that doesn't answer the question. About about Hecate after the greek goddess of the moon?
2006-06-26 13:32:36 · answer #7 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you're right that luna is the Latin word for moon. However, it also is the scientific name for the body. Stop picking at straws.
2006-06-26 10:48:46 · answer #8 · answered by quietwalker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically it was the first mass that orbits a planet to be named a moon. Others were simply named after it. So why should it be named something else when, to so many of our ancestors, it the the one and only 'Moon'?
2006-06-26 10:47:15 · answer #9 · answered by Eclipse24 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Luna
2006-06-26 10:51:56 · answer #10 · answered by hkyboy96 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our Moon is called Luna.
Yes, the word means "moon" in Latin, but because our moon was the first discovered, the name is appropriate.
2006-06-26 10:47:58 · answer #11 · answered by zen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋