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Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:11 pm
by AnDrOiD
Hehe... sorry, I didn't get that!
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:14 pm
by AnDrOiD
Speaking of Planets, I think the planet name, Tellus, for The Earth is so much more cool than plain and simply... ehm... The Earth.
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:32 pm
by SHARPBLUE
VOTE AGAINST THE DECISION
We want Pluto to remain a PLANET
CAST YOUR VOTES HERE
On a lighter note, a few years ago a little boy wrote into New Scientist magazine asking why the moon didn't have a name, he said that all the other planets that had moons had names for them like Phobos and Diemos that orbit Mars, so he wanted to name our moon, guess what he wanted our moon to be called?
Eeyore
As in the donkey. I did have to laugh at that. Anyway technically our moon does have several names; Luna, Selene, (Greek "moon") daughter of Hyperion and Theia - Luna is Roman I believe.
I knew my Astronomy hobby would come in usefull one day.
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:40 pm
by Mike Earsen
SHARPBLUE wrote:... technically our moon does have several names; Luna, Selene, (Greek "moon") daughter of Hyperion and Theia - Luna is Roman I believe.
I'd prefer Selene. Sounds nice, although I meet the word "Luna" more often. There is a music "Last Dance on Luna" somewhere (P. Namlook probably) and so on...
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:02 pm
by AnDrOiD
SHARPBLUE wrote:Anyway technically our moon does have several names; Luna, Selene, (Greek "moon") daughter of Hyperion and Theia - Luna is Roman I believe.
Well, as you know, some are not really names, but words for the moon in different languages. But if you insist... here's another name; “månen” (the moon). But I bet you won't be able to pronounce it.
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:12 pm
by Jarp2600
Ok. Voted against the decision. It's 82% against 18%
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:14 pm
by AnDrOiD
Btw...
I'd call the moon 'The Big Cheese'.
Though, I think I've heard that somewhere before?
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:16 pm
by Jarp2600
Wallace and Gromit?
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:18 pm
by AnDrOiD
Perhaps!
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:55 pm
by GeeJee
Moon is such a stupid word - think about it... say it a couple of dozen times and you'll realise...
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:03 am
by Jakob BC
We only have one moon so why give it a name?
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:09 am
by Finaero
GeeJee wrote:Moon is such a stupid word - think about it... say it a couple of dozen times and you'll realise...
GJ is just into mooning
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:19 am
by PMgep
The question I'm wondering about is what all astrology bullshit will make of this when Pluto suddenly isn't a planet any more. Does this mean that everything before was just crapp? Will it actually work now? Or is it just fake?
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:31 am
by SHARPBLUE
GeeJee wrote:Moon is such a stupid word - think about it... say it a couple of dozen times and you'll realise...
Glad I am not the only one who does that
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:51 am
by GeeJee
SHARPBLUE wrote:GeeJee wrote:Moon is such a stupid word - think about it... say it a couple of dozen times and you'll realise...
Glad I am not the only one who does that
So let's not start about Pluto then....