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To: Conan the Librarian

Do people/life forms on other planets call a ‘star’ a ‘star?’

Why doesn’t Earth’s Moon have Her own name? Other PLANETS have names for their moons! Unfair! :(

I think calling her, ‘Diana’ would be PERFECT! :)

Obviously, my pea-sized brain cannot take in all of this ‘space stuff.’ :)


42 posted on 04/03/2019 6:22:48 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

It’s name is Luna.


43 posted on 04/03/2019 6:24:24 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

We call it “the moon” for the same reason we say we left our keys in “the car”. Or, I’m taking a trip to “the store”. It’s the nearest one to us, and everyone knows which one we mean. But like Aragorn, the moon has many names. Well, two. Luna and Selene.


48 posted on 04/03/2019 6:59:49 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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