Poll: Should the moon have a name?

[The-Bad-Blooded]

You guys. The Moon isn't properly called Luna, nor is the Sun called Sol. Those are their names in Latin. Astronomers use "the Sun" and "the Moon." Other stars aren't called suns either. They're stars. They have designations and a few lucky have names, but there is only one Sun.

They are Stars, as stars are suns, but we have named ours.
it's like me calling my cat 'gato' which is spanish for cat.
i can go ahead and do that, gato is now its name, even though it means cat.
the moon is officially known as Luna, by both scientific standpoint, and general populace.

 

[Hamish Durie]

although the moon already has a name well many names i think a more new age name is required mabye.........oh bollix i cant think of anything

 

[tofulove]

on that note, the moons name is not fucking luna.

You're right. It's name is Selene!

unless you were alive a couple thousand years ago, if you speak English call it by its English name. MOON. unless your doing a research project and you want to make sure no one gets our moon confused with any other moon, than go ahead and use the dead language name for our moon that no one has speak other than in scientific terms or to pretend there smart in a very long time.

1. You also have the think about "what if we were observing Earth from another planet". We aren't far off from colonizing Mars so saying "the moon" doesn't help there.
2. Even when we refer to "the moon" there is an implicit "around the Earth".
3. If we had two moons around Earth we would refer to them by their names. Just as a side note, saying Luna's name is "Moon" is the exact same as saying your name is "human".

hmm, our moon was named Moon before we discovered any thing else like our moon. we don't have 2 moons, we never did in our written history. if we did, i don't think humans would be alive on earth, and if there was life on earth i have a feeling it would take a very different course throw history(if we still had 2 moons), but for argument if we did, they would both have names. just like our single moon has a name, its name is MOON.

if you feel like this is confusing, we should rename the category of moon, not our moon. its like what if they decided to call planets earth instead of planets. should we stop calling our planet Earth cause they name a category of interstellar bodies that our planet belongs in after our planet.

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

You guys. The Moon isn't properly called Luna, nor is the Sun called Sol. Those are their names in Latin. Astronomers use "the Sun" and "the Moon." Other stars aren't called suns either. They're stars. They have designations and a few lucky have names, but there is only one Sun.

They are Stars, as stars are suns, but we have named ours.
it's like me calling my cat 'gato' which is spanish for cat.
i can go ahead and do that, gato is now its name, even though it means cat.
the moon is officially known as Luna, by both scientific standpoint, and general populace.

No, it's not. The International Astronomical Union, the organization in charge of naming celestial bodies, declared the name of the Earth's sole satellite when being referenced in English as, "the Moon." There is no grey area in that.

 

[Tiger Sora]

I want to call it the Death Star. Because.... well in the next 500 years were so gona weaponize the moon with a giant laser to destroy space junk with.

 

[Snowy Rainbow]

Luna = Moon
Sol = Sun

they already have names
/entire thread

Actually, the name of the moon is "The Moon". Luna is an adjective, not a proper noun.

Nope, you're thinking of the word 'Lunar' refferring to a quality, as an adjective.
Luna is a name.

No.

"The English proper name for Earth's natural satellite is 'the Moon'."

[link]http://www.iau.org/public/naming/#spelling[/link]
[link]http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/FAQ[/link]

"The noun moon derives from moone (around 1380), which developed from mone (1135), which derives from Old English mōna (dating from before 725), which, like all Germanic language cognates, ultimately stems from Proto-Germanic.

"The principal modern English adjective pertaining to the Moon is lunar, derived from the Latin Luna. Another less common adjective is selenic, derived from the Ancient Greek Selene, from which the prefix 'seleno-' (as in selenography) is derived."

Moon -
"1a often capitalized : the earth's natural satellite that shines by the sun's reflected light, revolves about the earth from west to east in about 291/2 days with reference to the sun or about 271/3 days with reference to the stars, and has a diameter of 2160 miles (3475 kilometers), a mean distance from the earth of about 238,900 miles (384,400 kilometers), and a mass about one eightieth that of the earth -usually used with the
b : one complete moon cycle consisting of four phases
c : satellite 2; specifically : a natural satellite of a planet"

[link]http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moon[/link]

Luna is not the correct name of our moon. Moon is the proper noun.

 

[drummond13]

Why is this thread still going? It was based off a misassumption that has already been cleared up by about half a dozen people.

 

[HydraMoon]

Can we name it 'Cha'?

Whether it has a real name already or not- I like the thought experiments of renaming things. It's fun.

 

[Snowy Rainbow]

Why is this thread still going? It was based off a misassumption that has already been cleared up by about half a dozen people.

Because some people still believe luna is the proper noun, despite it being a Latin derived adjective.

Our moon's proper noun is 'the Moon'. So says Merriam Webster, Oxford, NASA and the IAU.

 

[The Lugz]

it has a name, in fact it has several.. depends which era, location and social group you are from

 

[The-Bad-Blooded]

You guys. The Moon isn't properly called Luna, nor is the Sun called Sol. Those are their names in Latin. Astronomers use "the Sun" and "the Moon." Other stars aren't called suns either. They're stars. They have designations and a few lucky have names, but there is only one Sun.

They are Stars, as stars are suns, but we have named ours.
it's like me calling my cat 'gato' which is spanish for cat.
i can go ahead and do that, gato is now its name, even though it means cat.
the moon is officially known as Luna, by both scientific standpoint, and general populace.

No, it's not. The International Astronomical Union, the organization in charge of naming celestial bodies, declared the name of the Earth's sole satellite when being referenced in English as, "the Moon." There is no grey area in that.

when it's refferenced, yes.
it's like me saying 'i can see the moon from here'
there, i am calling it 'the moon' because it is our only moon, and i am refferring to it in terms of our planet.
logically, the same goes for if i name something in another language.
if a person is called Anzu (or whatever the japanese is for 'apricot')
when i refer to them in english, i'm not going to refer to them as 'apricot'
despite what everyone tells me, simply because it's stupid.

you can stoop to technicalities all you want.
and don't type at me in the tone that i am receiving!

 

[The-Bad-Blooded]

Why is this thread still going? It was based off a misassumption that has already been cleared up by about half a dozen people.

Because some people still believe luna is the proper noun, despite it being a Latin derived adjective.

Our moon's proper noun is 'the Moon'. So says Merriam Webster, Oxford, NASA and the IAU.

'Luna' is a name, 'Lunar' is an adjective derived from 'Luna'
learn english gooder!
you saying that 'Luna' is not a name is the same as me saying 'Fred' isn't.

 

[brendonnelly]

The Moon is the proper english name if Wikipedia is correct. If it didn't have a name we would call it Satellite.

 

[tofulove]

Should the moon have a name
yes

69.6% (39)
69.6% (39)
no

30.4% (17)
30.4% (17)

wtf people, i mean dear god what is wrong with you 17 people.

why would so many people think the moon should not have/be striped of its name, is there some kind of silent moon hating minority of the website

 

[Benjamin Moore]

Which moon? Earth has three.

Other than the satellite we call "Moon", we also have "Cruithne" and "2002AA29".

Perhaps we should be figuring out a name for 2002AA29?

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

You guys. The Moon isn't properly called Luna, nor is the Sun called Sol. Those are their names in Latin. Astronomers use "the Sun" and "the Moon." Other stars aren't called suns either. They're stars. They have designations and a few lucky have names, but there is only one Sun.

They are Stars, as stars are suns, but we have named ours.
it's like me calling my cat 'gato' which is spanish for cat.
i can go ahead and do that, gato is now its name, even though it means cat.
the moon is officially known as Luna, by both scientific standpoint, and general populace.

No, it's not. The International Astronomical Union, the organization in charge of naming celestial bodies, declared the name of the Earth's sole satellite when being referenced in English as, "the Moon." There is no grey area in that.

when it's refferenced, yes.
it's like me saying 'i can see the moon from here'
there, i am calling it 'the moon' because it is our only moon, and i am refferring to it in terms of our planet.
logically, the same goes for if i name something in another language.
if a person is called Anzu (or whatever the japanese is for 'apricot')
when i refer to them in english, i'm not going to refer to them as 'apricot'
despite what everyone tells me, simply because it's stupid.

you can stoop to technicalities all you want.
and don't type at me in the tone that i am receiving!

I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and just let you say you're trolling.

If you think arguing over the proper name for something is too technical, go ahead. If you're going to assume a higher authority than the actual astronomers doing their jobs, go ahead. If you think it's okay to litter the English language with misplaced words from another language, go ahead. I can't stop you from acting in such a manner. There are words for it, but I will remain civil.

But the first post was in English, and made no indication as to what it should be called in any other language. Nobody replied, "le Lune," or "der Mond." That would be ridiculous. Just like your arguments have become.

 

[Mr Dizazta]

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well you got me on the mass effect 1 thing, its bin a long time since i played it also bin a long time since i played me2, so i guess i just in my brain assumed the def in me2 was in me1

The problem is the Mass Effect was in development and released before Pluto was downgraded. Who knows, maybe in the future they reclassify Pluto back as a planet.

 

[red the fister]

I didn't realize this was a problem until I played Star Trek Online. I tried out the beta and the noob area was full of people who couldn't find their way back to Earth because the sun was listed as Sol. Oh well, live and learn.

there's a reason we're in the SOLar system... i really expect better from the Star Trek fans... smmfh

 

[Charli]

Yeah I clicked this thread with a frown and my thought process as thus:


"The Moon already has a name doesn- oh there we go 20 smart aleks got here before me, very good."

 

[Thundero13]

It does have a name, "Luna"