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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 93 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It does. The moon is officially called Luna.

Also people have been known to all their cat Neko which is Japanese for cat.

[-] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 44 points 3 months ago

Our moon is officially called Moon. Luna is just something used occasionally, but not always. The sun is also officially named Sun. It's just that those terms started being overloaded after we learned that there were other Moons and Suns. You can try to get all fancy with Sol and Luna, but those are just old Latin terms for Moon and Sun. They're no less generic than the ones we currently use.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#Names_and_etymology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Etymology

[-] cuchilloc@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

****Other satellites and stars

[-] Marty@programming.dev 33 points 3 months ago

The official name is "The Moon", Luna just means moon in Latin. It's all about capitalization. Moon is our moon, and moon is any moon.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 22 points 3 months ago

And Moon Moon is my spirit animal.

[-] naticus@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

God dammit Moon Moon.

[-] oxomoxo@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Luna is the Latin word for moon. It’s not the official name in English. It’s just called “Moon” in English, just like the sun is just called “Sun” despite being many other words in other languages.

Because there is just one of them it’s not really necessary to give it a unique name, but there are lots of options in Latin, Greek and other languages if you want to get fancy.

[-] cuchilloc@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Wdym? Sun is the name, Star is the type of celestial body, Moon is the name, satellite is the type of celestial body. This post is a farce, don’t fall for OP’s BS!

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago
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[-] Chiarottide@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Except "luna" is latin for "Moon", which means that in many neolatin languages the problem is still there. Probably Selene would be good for every language, She's the whatever goddess of the whateverness of our Moon or whatever

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[-] Sunny@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 months ago

My cat is called Luna 🐱

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

So perhaps we could name our moon Cat, or perhaps Felis, you know, for the symetry.

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

We did name it.

We named it "the moon." Or Luna. Or any of these.

Before that, it was a nameless rock.

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[-] hedgehog@ttrpg.network 24 points 3 months ago

When I meet a dog whose name I don’t know, I often address him or her as “Dog.” Similarly, if I meet a cat whose name I don’t know, I often address him or her as “Cat.” It’s only polite. It’s a generic but polite form of address, like “Ma’am” or “Sir.”

The same goes with a moon. I call it “Moon” because we aren’t yet on a first name basis.

Tell me, OP - what makes you think that you should be on a first name basis with the moon?

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

That fucker has followed me around the world peaking into many places I've been. I should at least know who's stalking me.

[-] emptyother@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

That it is always around. Just hanging there in the sky. That we've spent so many nights together. But I guess it is in a way a long-distance relationship. Also its just a pale reflection of the sun. A rocky relationship, in many ways.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

When I see people on the trail I sometimes only greet the dog.

[-] ray@kbin.social 21 points 3 months ago

Some guys are named Guy, and some gals are named Gal. I see no reason why a moon can't be named Moon.

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[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The moon has a number of names. Luna is the most common in English.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#Names_and_etymology

[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Moon, in Old English Mōna, and in Old Norse Máni, was originally the name for Earth's moon.

The term kinda just got genericised.

[-] bizzle@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

What like Kleenex?

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[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Dear god, don't let reddit name the fucking moon.

[-] LennethAegis@kbin.social 6 points 3 months ago
[-] Sabata11792@kbin.social 2 points 3 months ago

Moony McMoonbutt.

[-] Mesa@programming.dev 12 points 3 months ago

Most people also don't see a multitude of different moons on a day-to-day basis.

[-] My_friend_Johnny@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

The moon is a satellite...

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[-] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 7 points 3 months ago

A lot of people call their cat "cat".

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[-] sxan@midwest.social 7 points 3 months ago

Is the moon our pet?

[-] invisiblegorilla@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

Should we tell him about Earth

[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

First people to colonize her get to name her. Maybe by 2050 we'll have a nice moon base, and whoever is up there will start affectionately referring to the station and surface as something, and at that point, she'll finally have her name.

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Possibly. Better be more poignant than "Alpha".

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[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago
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[-] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 4 points 3 months ago
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[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago
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[-] enjoytemple@kbin.social 4 points 3 months ago

Fly me to Susan
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On a Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby kiss me

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[-] naticus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I say we name it "Thatsno"

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[-] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

We should give all the celestial bodies unique IDs instead of names

[-] My_friend_Johnny@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I think every celestial body we know of already has a unique name/ID

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[-] sagrotan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I propose: Leroy, the möön

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