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No official name for earth's moon
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No official name for earth's moon
March 4, 2018 at 1:39 am (This post was last modified: March 4, 2018 at 1:39 am by Silver.)
I just realized other planet's moons have official names, but not ours. We simply call it the moon. Booring!

What should we call it, what would you call it?
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RE: No official name for earth's moon
March 4, 2018 at 1:50 am
Phil.

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RE: No official name for earth's moon
March 4, 2018 at 2:10 am
Well what about our own planet? We put a "the" in front of Earth which indicates it is not a proper name - as silly as that is.

Of course, this is English. We drive on a parkway and park on a driveway.
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RE: No official name for earth's moon
March 4, 2018 at 2:11 am
It's called the Moon, because you don't need names for things until you have more than one of them (this is why the native names of groups of human beings almost always mean something akin to 'people' or 'us').

I find 'the Moon' to be a perfectly acceptable definition of Earth's satellite.  However, if it must be given a more formal name, I suggest 'Ecne', after the Celtic god of knowledge and wisdom.  Pitifully few celestial bodies get their names from Irish myth.

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RE: No official name for earth's moon
March 4, 2018 at 2:55 am (This post was last modified: March 4, 2018 at 2:59 am by Anomalocaris.)
According to international astronomical union, the official name of the moon is “the moon”.  It is assumed that the significance of “the” without any other specifying name is clear. For example, the moon Io can not be confused with the moon.
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RE: No official name for earth's moon
March 4, 2018 at 4:13 am
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RE: No official name for earth's moon
March 4, 2018 at 5:09 am
The lesser light.
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RE: No official name for earth's moon
March 4, 2018 at 5:24 am
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RE: No official name for earth's moon
March 4, 2018 at 6:26 am
I know you want to name it, but I don't think the moon deserves to be in the Life Sciences section. Like, it's not alive, you know Smile
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RE: No official name for earth's moon
March 4, 2018 at 6:43 am
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