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why is our sun called "Sun" ? afaik every star is also a sun.
And why doesnt our moon have a name? I heard of some references of "Lunar" but everyone just calls it Moon.

and who the fuck called this planet EARTH? I mean all other objects in this solarsystem have got their names from ancient greek gods and others.

>> No.2557343

We named our home world after dirt. You think we actually give a fuck about names?

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>> No.2557356

Sun = Icarus
Earth = Terra
Moon = Luna

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>>2557356
Sun = Sol
stay latin

>> No.2557394

>>2557343
we named our 70% water planet, earth.

>> No.2557412

>>2557394
It sure as hell ain't 70% water. You're just looking at the surface.

>> No.2557455

>>2557412
Humans are so ignorant, they should call the planet "magma", that would be so much more logical but you humans are so feeble minded and called it earth because you're standing on earth.

*roll eyes*

I was watching avatar for the 6th time the other day and I realized that if only everyone was superior like me and other hipsters the world would solve all it's problems.

>> No.2557459

Sun = Sol
Earth = Tellus
Moon = Luna

>> No.2557464

Sol, Luna, and Terra. In that order.

>> No.2557481

>why is our sun called "Sun" ? afaik every star is also a sun.
Because it's fundamental enough to our lives that there's a word just for it. It's not named after anything. Other stars are called "suns" by analogy to our own, whose name is Sun.

>> No.2557492

Originally, "Moon" was specific to our moon, but then people began using it generically. It's the same with "Sun." They're like "Kleenex" only without the trademark issue.

>> No.2557657

I thought "moons" were called natural satellites.

>> No.2557661

>>2557459

tellus? are you a nazi?

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>>2557335
the turians will see us as primitive

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Tellus/Luna/Sol master race

>> No.2557966

lol

>> No.2557976

Because before we knew that the stars are other suns, we didn't know there were other suns. Same with the moon / Galileo.

>> No.2557996

moon = selene you fucktards

hence paraselene

helios/hyperion also

lrn2 titan

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moon is a silly word

>> No.2558004

>>2557455

Angry sarcasm, I love it.

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>>2558000

omg i never hit trips before

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>>2558011

omg now i got doubles this is phenomenal

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get

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this is now a doubles get thread