2006-12-21 00:13:44 · 12 answers · asked by Spinning Times LLC 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Technically ours is Luna. But for some reason, no one ever uses the name.
2006-12-21 00:19:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well our Primary moon usually referred to as "THE MOON" is called Luna. We have a much more miniscule moon discovered in 1994 called Kreithne , this signifies to me that the reason we call our moon the moon is that people just aren't bothered using its scientific name
2006-12-21 03:40:44 · answer #2 · answered by Icehockey Fan 99 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Earth only has one moon. Some other planets have more than one. By giving them names, scientists are able to easily identify them or refer to them.
2006-12-21 05:50:00 · answer #3 · answered by D. S. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon is Luna and the Sun is Sol.
2006-12-21 01:37:38 · answer #4 · answered by Hydrox Z 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like someone said we named the other moons, so our moon is just moon
2006-12-21 00:45:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because we named ours first and then applied that same word/concept to all the other moons that we discovered.
The Latin word "luna" directly translates to the English word "moon."
2006-12-21 00:24:14 · answer #6 · answered by Sloane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Earth have only one moon, therefore you know which one you refer to. Other planets have few, I guess, to distinguish which one is which.
Interesting, though, in russian we call it Luna, and the word "moon" means "satellite" (natural satellite)
2006-12-24 11:55:20 · answer #7 · answered by anchik66 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Our moon's name is Luna and the sun is Sol. That's where we get the terms lunar and solar from to describe things related to them.
2006-12-21 04:17:44 · answer #8 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was called Luna by th greeks and romans.
2006-12-21 00:19:29 · answer #9 · answered by Mad Roy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because we lack imagination
2006-12-21 00:27:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋