our moon needs a name...?

Question

other planets moons have names. our planets moon needs a name. what do you think would be a good name for our moon?

Answer 1

Bob

Answer 2

It seems unfair that all moons of other planets have their own name (such as Io or Titan or Phobos) but our Moon does not, but if you know the history of astronomy then you can understand it.

A very long time ago, people did not know what the planets and the Moon and the Sun were, except that they were lights in the sky that moved between the stars, and that's what "planet" meant originally: a light in the sky that moves between the stars. The Moon moved between the stars just like the planets did, so the Moon was regarded as a planet. Nobody had discovered any other moons yet, so there was just one thing called "Moon", and that was our Moon.

In the 16th century, astronomers discovered that the planets and the Sun do not orbit around the Earth as everybody had thought, but that actually the Earth and the planets orbit around the Sun and only the Moon orbits around the Earth. It turned out that the Moon was a special case: the only celestial object (as far as people knew then) that orbits around a planet (namely the Earth) and not around the Sun. There was then still only one object that was called "Moon".

In the year 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered four small points of light that orbited around the planet Jupiter. These newly discovered objects orbited around a planet and not around the Sun, exactly like the Moon. To quickly explain this to someone, you could then say that it was "a Moon of Jupiter" (i.e., just like the Moon, but around Jupiter), just like you can call a very good soccer player from Leeuwarden the "Cruijff of Leeuwarden" (after the famous soccer player Johan Cruijff) or a luxury bicycle the "Ferrari of bicycles" (after the famous sports cars of the Ferrari brand). After some time, "moon" did not mean only "the celestial object that orbits around the Earth", but more generally "a celestial object that orbits around a planet".

In a similar manner, some brand names can be so successful that people use them not just for the products of that particular brand, but also for all similar products made by different brands. The brand name has then turned into a type name.

You can usually still determine which celestial object is meant if someone writes about a moon: If the word "Moon" is written with a capital M, then it means our Moon which orbits around the Earth. If the word "moon" is written with a small m, then it does not mean our Moon but some other moon or moons in general. You can write: The Moon is a moon, and although there are many moons, there is only one Moon.

I would name it after myself, Beverly!

Answer 3

Moon

Answer 4

How bout Earth Jr? or 'moon-me', or "moon over my-hammy".

Forget the Luna idea, that's just another name for moon and not really a name...just a description, a synonym... so forget that one.

How bout something romantic, since most people are romantized by that orb. Consider Sugarplum, Honey-bumpkins, Babushka, or Ol' Man.

Answer 5

Luna...oh lookey that the guy above me said that that is its' name - how funny. Oh that is cause the goddess of the moon is said to be Luna and most planet names caome from gods names, etc.

now I need a new one...hmm...umm... i like luna still..but tekno would be good - yeah?? yea.

Answer 6

The moon has a nane.

Called Luna by the Romans, Selene and Artemis by the Greeks, and many other names in other mythologies.

http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html
http://www.theoi.com/Titan/Selene.html

Answer 7

its called The (first name) Moon (last name). but he/she prefers to be called by both names. so, stick with The Moon.

Answer 8

Lunes Miner

Answer 9

Our moon already has a name. Would you like it to be called in your name instead? I guess you would, guy. Maybe this question is sublimation of your unconscious dissatisfaction with yourself

Answer 10

Luna

It's been in the Celtic history since before
1100 bc . And people refer it to Luna .

Answer 11

Pink Floyd.