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Why doesn't Earth's moon have a name?
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By *ad Nanna OP Woman
over a year ago
East London |
"no they dont jupiter as 3 moons and they are called moons they are saterlites,, fuckin know all i am"
Moons are satellites aren't they, as they move around a planet in an orbit?
Jupiter's moons have names and there's more than 3. Many more.
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By *adyJayneWoman
over a year ago
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Copied from the NASA website cause I'm a nerd...
"Most of the planets in our solar system – and some asteroids – have moons. Earth has one moon. We call it "the Moon" because for a long time it was the only one we knew about. Many languages have beautiful names for our Moon. It is "Luna" in Italian, Latin, and Spanish, "Lune" in French, "Mond" in German, and "Selene" in Greek."
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By *avexxMan
over a year ago
cheshire |
i was pulling your leg jupiter as lots of moons its a massive planet as up to 70 moons,, and yes they do have names i wud be here all night,, one small black hole on the planet earth wud fit through it four times,, i am a mad scientist |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Conspiracy theorists will say.
That the, Earth. does not have a 'moon'
And they want you to believe aswell.
That 'man' did not land on the 'moon' either. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Babybel because the moon is made of cheese.
That actually does sound rather scientific. "
It was that or Khonsu which is the ancient egyptian name for the moon.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Karen.
I was hoping for something more exotic.
The moon is a proper Karen. It ruins most of my days.
How?! "
Comes along and bam, I can’t see as well anymore.  |
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By *ad Nanna OP Woman
over a year ago
East London |
"Can we call it Ed?
I have absolutely no reason to suggest this at all.
Cos it's ball shaped?
That works.
Can we call it Ed then please?"
Imagine it Posh. You're strolling hand-in-hand with your beau one warm, summer's night. He looks up into the starry sky, with a dreamy expression on his face and says "Oh darling,doesn't Ed look beautiful tonight". |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
"Can we call it Ed?
I have absolutely no reason to suggest this at all.
Cos it's ball shaped?
That works.
Can we call it Ed then please?
Imagine it Posh. You're strolling hand-in-hand with your beau one warm, summer's night. He looks up into the starry sky, with a dreamy expression on his face and says "Oh darling,doesn't Ed look beautiful tonight"."
I can see it now. I have a little tear in my eye at the beauty of the moment.
You set a gorgeous scene, Nanna  |
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By *ad Nanna OP Woman
over a year ago
East London |
"then ed turns into werewolf,,"
That would be a blood big werewolf. Plus, we'd probably all die due to there not being a moon any more. Wonder if we'd spin off into the universe or into the sun? |
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The planet we live on actually has more than one moon. We just choose to ignore the other one(s) for simplicity and because we can't see the other one(s) with our naked eyes and it has no bearing on the ecology of this planet.
But in classical nomenclature, the first time a thing is found/observed and the name given to it at the point of discovery is the singular use of the word as a name. Only when other examples of that thing are later discovered or observed do we give the following cases names so as to be able to differentiate between them all. |
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By *ad Nanna OP Woman
over a year ago
East London |
"The planet we live on actually has more than one moon. We just choose to ignore the other one(s) for simplicity and because we can't see the other one(s) with our naked eyes and it has no bearing on the ecology of this planet.
But in classical nomenclature, the first time a thing is found/observed and the name given to it at the point of discovery is the singular use of the word as a name. Only when other examples of that thing are later discovered or observed do we give the following cases names so as to be able to differentiate between them all. "
That makes sense. Now I want to know where our other moons are.
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By *ad Nanna OP Woman
over a year ago
East London |
"The planet we live on actually has more than one moon. We just choose to ignore the other one(s) for simplicity and because we can't see the other one(s) with our naked eyes and it has no bearing on the ecology of this planet.
But in classical nomenclature, the first time a thing is found/observed and the name given to it at the point of discovery is the singular use of the word as a name. Only when other examples of that thing are later discovered or observed do we give the following cases names so as to be able to differentiate between them all.
That makes sense. Now I want to know where our other moons are.
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NASA is saying Earth only has one natural satellite.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Not really. There’s objects orbiting in the same resonance as Earth, but not actually orbiting as moons have to.
See here - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claimed_moons_of_Earth |
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"NASA is saying Earth only has one natural satellite.
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Gotta love a Google search, right? But whilst we are at it, there are plenty of NASA people who don't want to be associated with the idea that the moon is a 'natural' satellite. The math involved is too precise, too much of a coincidence in Natural Law in terms of the mathematical probability of the outcome that exists for it to be 'natural'.
This planet has at least 3 other bodies which can be called moons, although other labels are usually given to the others. Whilst it is true that we only see one that orbits this planet on a predicted, reliable, never changing basis. We as a species have observed objects that are not of human origin which can be reliably predicted to be only here in our local bit of the cosmos because of the effect of the planet we are on. 'Planet Earth' or 'Terra' as it can often be known, even has a shadow. Following behind us in the exact same orbit as our planet, around the star we call 'The Sun', is a very small rock that has the same definition of a year if you were to live on it. It is travelling at the exact same speed as us in exactly the same direction as us, just like a little trailer this planet drags with it.
Humans have known about it for ages. Since the first real telescopes. But because it was always there, nobody gave it a thought. Until recently, when someone doing a Uni thesis thought it would be a good idea to actually investigate it. Turns out it does exactly what this planet does, only it measures a mile or three wide and so has no real relevance. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Other planets' moons have names, so why is ours just moon?
What shall we call it?  "
It’s called the moon as years ago they though it was the only one out there, but as we now know there are loads of moons around all the other planets
And we should call it Betty |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The ancient Greeks called her Selene."
Correct and the greeks names the sun, which stuck.
Selena sounds fitting but the moon doesnt look like a selena.
Ill go with 'Cornelius'  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Earth's moon does have a name: In English, it's "the moon." The word moon is Proto-Germanic in origin, deriving from a similar-sounding word that came into use a few thousand years ago in Northern Europe. |
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Boring fact, not sure if anyone else said it, our moon is called moon that's because it is the first and it wasn't until Galileo spotted other planets also had an orbiting chunk of rocks that we realised, so oops to late we had already named it, and so other planets get names so they don't get confused when being talked about.
So we have the moon named Moon. |
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"Boring fact, not sure if anyone else said it, our moon is called moon that's because it is the first and it wasn't until Galileo spotted other planets also had an orbiting chunk of rocks that we realised, so oops to late we had already named it, and so other planets get names so they don't get confused when being talked about.
So we have the moon named Moon."
Precisely: it's like God and gods.if you believe there is only one, you don't need other names. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Boring fact, not sure if anyone else said it, our moon is called moon that's because it is the first and it wasn't until Galileo spotted other planets also had an orbiting chunk of rocks that we realised, so oops to late we had already named it, and so other planets get names so they don't get confused when being talked about.
So we have the moon named Moon.
Precisely: it's like God and gods.if you believe there is only one, you don't need other names."
There we go that’s this thread sorted , next |
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By *ad Nanna OP Woman
over a year ago
East London |
"NASA is saying Earth only has one natural satellite.
Gotta love a Google search, right? But whilst we are at it, there are plenty of NASA people who don't want to be associated with the idea that the moon is a 'natural' satellite. The math involved is too precise, too much of a coincidence in Natural Law in terms of the mathematical probability of the outcome that exists for it to be 'natural'.
This planet has at least 3 other bodies which can be called moons, although other labels are usually given to the others. Whilst it is true that we only see one that orbits this planet on a predicted, reliable, never changing basis. We as a species have observed objects that are not of human origin which can be reliably predicted to be only here in our local bit of the cosmos because of the effect of the planet we are on. 'Planet Earth' or 'Terra' as it can often be known, even has a shadow. Following behind us in the exact same orbit as our planet, around the star we call 'The Sun', is a very small rock that has the same definition of a year if you were to live on it. It is travelling at the exact same speed as us in exactly the same direction as us, just like a little trailer this planet drags with it.
Humans have known about it for ages. Since the first real telescopes. But because it was always there, nobody gave it a thought. Until recently, when someone doing a Uni thesis thought it would be a good idea to actually investigate it. Turns out it does exactly what this planet does, only it measures a mile or three wide and so has no real relevance. "
Well, I don't have books here and I don't know anyone other than you who knows all about the Universe, so I thought NASA might have some information om it. Where did you get your knowledge of it from? |
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By *ad Nanna OP Woman
over a year ago
East London |
"NASA is saying Earth only has one natural satellite.
Gotta love a Google search, right? But whilst we are at it, there are plenty of NASA people who don't want to be associated with the idea that the moon is a 'natural' satellite. The math involved is too precise, too much of a coincidence in Natural Law in terms of the mathematical probability of the outcome that exists for it to be 'natural'.
This planet has at least 3 other bodies which can be called moons, although other labels are usually given to the others. Whilst it is true that we only see one that orbits this planet on a predicted, reliable, never changing basis. We as a species have observed objects that are not of human origin which can be reliably predicted to be only here in our local bit of the cosmos because of the effect of the planet we are on. 'Planet Earth' or 'Terra' as it can often be known, even has a shadow. Following behind us in the exact same orbit as our planet, around the star we call 'The Sun', is a very small rock that has the same definition of a year if you were to live on it. It is travelling at the exact same speed as us in exactly the same direction as us, just like a little trailer this planet drags with it.
Humans have known about it for ages. Since the first real telescopes. But because it was always there, nobody gave it a thought. Until recently, when someone doing a Uni thesis thought it would be a good idea to actually investigate it. Turns out it does exactly what this planet does, only it measures a mile or three wide and so has no real relevance.
Well, I don't have books here and I don't know anyone other than you who knows all about the Universe, so I thought NASA might have some information om it. Where did you get your knowledge of it from? "
Dust moons? |
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"without the moon our sea.s would rage flood all the lands,, so when we look up into the night sky give it a bit of love..."
Nonsense. Without the moon the sea would stay exactly where it is. The tides would disappear though, so a large number of tide-dependent creatures would die out. |
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