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Does Earth's moon have a name?

>> No.3083405

Le Moon

>> No.3083414

Luna

>> No.3083420

Garfield.

>> No.3083418

Luna.

>> No.3083431

I remember with unnatural clarity that the scientific name is "the moon"

>> No.3083441

>>3083431
in English "the moon" latin "luna" (and most other languages.

>> No.3083447
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penis

>> No.3083454

Think lunearly.

>> No.3083459

>>3083447
What is this i don't even...

>> No.3083481

Artemis

>> No.3083497

Hijacking this thread. If the moon is hollow and we were to drill far enough into it, could we essentially crack it and make the whole thing fall apart?

>> No.3083499

"Luna" according to some, but that's just "moon" in Latin. I guess it can't be "moon" because that English word has become a generic descriptor, so it's either "Luna" or "The Moon."

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3083506

Does the sun have a name?

>> No.3083512

>>3083403
Don't forget to ask about Earth's sun either.

>> No.3083513

月

>> No.3083514

>>3083497
Only if you were to drill through the stronger portions. You say it's "hollow"; does that mean it's filled with a gas, or is there a void inside of it?

>> No.3083520

>>3083506

Helios.

>> No.3083522

moon

>> No.3083525

>>3083497
We could do that even if it weren't hollow.

>> No.3083529

Don't be ridiculous, it's Selena.
At least that's the name that I used to pray to whenever I saw her.

>> No.3083536

>>3083506
>>3083512

Don't know if troll. The Sun *is* a name for Earth's star. Those other stars are just that, stars, not suns. They, of course, may have their own names, but it would be stupid and confusing to name any other star Sun.

Once again, if you're a Latin snob, feel free to say Sol instead.

>> No.3083535

>>3083506
Sol

>> No.3083530

>>3083506
Celestia.

>> No.3083531

Are you sure it's not Sol? As in 'solar,' as 'Luna' is to 'lunar'?

>> No.3083553

>>3083536
>They, of course, may have their own names, but it would be stupid and confusing to name any other star Sun.

Of course. But let's say that we reach a point in our existence that we may travel to and inhabit other solar systems. What would we call those stars then? Should we refer to them by their proper names, or default them as being "the sun" as well?

>> No.3083558

>>3083403
"Luna" is just latin for "Moon" and is not in fact a proper noun for earth's "moon" the improper noun.

Selene, however, is a name for the moon, a proper noun. Derived from a Grecian moon goddess.

>> No.3083575

>>3083553
Locals will call their sun "The Sun" in the same fashion they will call their world "The World" and their nation "The Nation" and their government "The Government" and their car "My car".

Only have to specify when talking to other people or giving directions or looking at a map or traveling away from your native locale.

>> No.3083582

>>3083558
well, that's just like your opinion, man.

>> No.3083584

Always gone with Luna and Sol. The Earth is Sol-3.

>> No.3083587

The name of the Sun is Sun. You just don't think about it like the because of "the" and association. If someone said "Polaris" you would think "A star named Polaris" but when someone says "Sun" you just think "star" without recognizing that you've removed the name portion from the association.

>> No.3083588

>>3083575
Fair enough. I was considering whether the term, "Rigel rose in the west on a blustery morning" would be consistent with an inhabitant of the system, which was why I asked.

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3083599

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWOhaEsQNes

I thought this shit was settled like decades ago.

It's called the moon.

>> No.3083602

>>3083553
Since Sun is itself a proper name, calling the others by their proper names would just continue present practice. I like the Arabic names of many stars for no other reason than they sound cool. In case some particular stars become very important in the future, I think they should be given such names. "Ras Alhague" is a cool name, whereas "HD 48265" is an abortion. We should allow ourself the indulgence of cool names and not remain forever beholden to catalogue numbers.

Compound words like "sunshine" and "sunroof" probably wouldn't change, but since when has language ever been consistent?

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>>3083602
Today's going to be a beautiful day with highs in the upper 70's and plenty of HD 48265shine.

>> No.3083622

>>3083536
>>3083553

All the sci-fi I've seen, they most often talk about a planet's star by calling it a sun. And never addressed by any individual name.

>>3083575
This would confirm that. That "sun" is just another word for any star, and it's not the name of ours.

>> No.3083636

>>3083622
It's called "Sol"

>> No.3083644

>>3083622
"Sun" is the name of our star. Calling other stars Suns is a metaphor.

>> No.3083684

>>3083588
Calling the local star by it's name would not be inappropriate.

>> No.3083724

>/sci/ trying to justify calling a classified star by an unclassified name

Since it's supposedly bad form to call the local star anything but an ancient pagan nickname, let's see if it's self-constant with everything else.

What do you name your mattress?
What do you name your mailbox?
What do you name your neighbor's house?
What do you name the manhole cover in the street?

Do you humans always make a habit of giving things close to you silly names?

>> No.3083745

>>3083724
I call Mars "that big red rock over there"

>> No.3083797

>>3083745

Over where?

>> No.3083827

The Moon is Luna.
The Sun is Sol.

>> No.3083845

>>3083724
Things close to you have more impact on your life and are thus deserving of shorter and more pronounceable semantic tokens. There is nothing irrational about this at all. Furthermore, catalogue names are not necessarily any less arbitrary. They frequently depend on silly details like the patterns we see among the stars or what order they were entered in the catalogue.

I think you're one of those people who just attacks every sort of distinction that people draw and thereby think yourself sophisticated.

>> No.3083866

>>3083827
those are just the latin for the "moon" and "sun"

dumbfags gonna dumb

>> No.3084135

>>3083866
yeah and saturn is just latin for "dumbass god that doesn't exist" your point?