The Moon......why?
Discussion
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?
More interesting names for the moon......
http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonname...
http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonname...
I think "Keith" would make a good name for a moon....
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.
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