The Moon......why?

[zetec]

I have always had an interest in Space, the Universe and the Sciences involved. One thing that bothers me though, well not really bothers me that I can't sleep at night, but just bothers me. The other planets in the Solar System have moons, they all have interesting names, Titan, Io, Phobos etc etc. We here on Earth only have one moon, called The Moon, hardly exciting is it? Why doesn't it have an interesting name?

[Changedmyname]

stary buv.

[K12beano]

Used to be called Luna, or Selene, I believe......




.....but that was before the €-crisis.....

[zollburgers]

It signifies how important it is. THE moon.

Similar to I'm going for THE piss, rather than I'm going for a piss.

[Sheets Tabuer]

It's the Moon other planets have moons note the small "n"

I suppose if we'd taken the red indian name we'd probably be calling it "big fat thing in the sky"

[K12beano]

More interesting names for the moon......


http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonname...

I think "Keith" would make a good name for a moon....

[DrTre]

Well if it's not Moon, how about Space Station?

[jmorgan]

Well, there are people out there that think its a spaceship and aliens live there. Maybe they know it as "Blob".

[Lost soul]

Great thread

[ewenm]

DrTre said:

Well if it's not Moon, how about Space Station?

I've got a really bad feeling about this...

[Lost soul]

ewenm said:

I've got a really bad feeling about this...

Relax Winston , its going to be iry

[K12beano]

..............then again:

[xRIEx]

zetec said:

We here on Earth only have one moon, called The Moon, hardly exciting is it? Why doesn't it have an interesting name?

It stands to reason - the Moon was the first one to be discovered, and it was called the Moon. After that, astronomers discovered other planets, and later discovered that those planets had smaller bits of rock orbiting them, just like the Moon orbits Earth, so those bits of rock were generically called moons.

As someone else said, the Moon is the most important so it doesn't need another name to identify it.

[LeoSayer]

Venus is a similar sized planet to earth yet doesn't have a moon.

So we're lucky, regardless of the name.

[DrTre]

Lost soul said:

ewenm said:

I've got a really bad feeling about this...

Relax Winston , its going to be iry

That so should have been the actual dialog.

[Pooky67]

That's no moon...

[Puggit]

Shhhhh, don't mention the Sun to the OP

[Tim330]

Pooky67 said:

That's no moon...

it's a space station (that is not me)

[Westy Pre-Lit]

Altogether now

"We like the moon.......

http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song

[jmorgan]

Pooky67 said:

That's no moon...

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