maybe because those other celestial objects (murcury, venus, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune and pluto) were named after greek gods...
so saying 'the mars' or 'the venus' is like saying 'the george' or 'the jack'...but the sun, the earth and the moon r actual words (not names)
2007-03-25 04:30:53
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answered by Khaled Z 3
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We refer to these thing as single objects, since there is only one Earth, we can refer to it as THE only EARTH, and Earth's moon is the only moon that belongs to Earth, additionaly, the Sun is the only Sun in range...Mars, Neptune, and other planets are not referred to as much because we don't know as much about them...
Don't forget THE GOOGLE stated by President George W. Bush.
2007-03-25 04:26:34
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answered by Christina 3
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Mars and Neptune etc are old Greek and Roman Gods.
So Mars and Neptune are names, whereas
earth, sun and moon are just substantives.
If you speak of Pluto or Saturn, everybody knows
what you are talking about.
If you mention ’moon’, it could be any moon
orbiting around any other star.
Only when you say ’the Moon’, you can normally
guess that it is our good old night companion.
There are millions of suns out there.
With earths we are not so sure, especially not about
the question of intelligent life on them.
But are we really sure about intelligent life on
our own planet? (Look around!)
You are welcome
2007-03-25 04:26:11
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answered by saehli 6
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I think it's because we talk about the sun, the moon, and the earth more...
2007-03-25 04:22:18
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answered by Shelly =D 4
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perhaps Mars needs to come at par with "the" three you're talking about:)
2007-03-25 04:29:26
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answered by sana 2
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Remember 5th grade science?
Helllo!
THE planets.
2007-03-25 04:28:06
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answered by 1Darkchef 1
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