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by RFlagg on September 22nd, 2006

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Does earth's moon have a scientific name, or is it just "the moon"?

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  • by pagan-babe on April 14th, 2008

    pagan-babe

    Luna,

    I see the moon as a goddess :)The moon has many names :)

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  • by Sunblynd 5.0 on November 9th, 2006

    Sunblynd 5.0

    The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It has no formal English name other than "the Moon", although it is occasionally called Luna (Latin: moon), or Selene (Greek: moon), to distinguish it from the generic term "moon" (referring to any of the various natural satellites of other planets). Its symbol is a crescent (?). The related adjective for the Moon is lunar (again from the Latin root), but this is not found in combination, the combining forms seleno-/-selene (again from the Greek) and -cynthion (from the Lunar deity Cynthia) being used in terms relating to the Moon in various other contexts (e.g. aposelene, selenocentric, pericynthion, etc.).

    -wikipedia

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  • by Ullyses on September 22nd, 2006

    Ullyses

    If you are going to name it, then Luna is how most people have traditionally referred to it in English.

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  • by iwnit on September 24th, 2008

    iwnit

    "Since ancient times, many cultures have attributed deranged behavior in humans to the Moon - particularly the Full Moon. The scientific name for the Earth's Moon is Luna. This is how we came to refer to a mentally unbalanced individual as a - lunatic!

    Source: Webster's New World Dictionary "
    Source and further information:
    http://www.io.com/~flashlk/skywatchalmanac.htm

    Most scientists call it the Moon, though. Please notice the capitals.

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  • by Tamilze on June 22nd, 2008

    Tamilze

    Earth's moon is just named the Moon, because, obviously, it was the first moon humans ever saw.

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  • by Valles Marineris on April 16th, 2008

    Valles Marineris

    Technically, it's a natural satellite. A satellite is any celestial body that orbits another. Even though we call other planets satellites moon, it's still a satellite with a name, and ours is named Moon. It only seems like our moon doesn't have a name because we call all the other satellites moons too.

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  • by andywho on September 22nd, 2006

    andywho

    Scientificly it is called the "Moon". Also for the "Sun" same for the "Earth". What would be interesting is what other celestial civilizations call our planets and sun as we name other countries different from what their inhabitants call themselves. Can you imagine the fun when we learn that the galaxy we call "The Milky Way" is known as "Snickers" by others?

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  • by Tamilze on June 22nd, 2008

    Tamilze

    Earth's moon is just named the Moon, because, obviously, it was the first moon humans ever saw.

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  • by Chris on June 22nd, 2008

    Chris

    The moon is a satellite.

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  • by Anonymous on September 24th, 2008

    Anonymous

    We named it Lauracie for reasoning beyond any logical stance.

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  • by CaRbOnPrOdUcK is Baccuss on September 24th, 2008

    CaRbOnPrOdUcK is Baccuss

    All moons orbiting around planets are called "satalites"

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  • by CaptainHarley adores his life penguin on September 24th, 2008

    CaptainHarley adores his life penguin

    The Earth's largest sattellite is properly called "Luna."

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  • by Slipshod Wombat and Co. on November 16th, 2006

    Slipshod Wombat and Co.

    no, we learned in science that it does not. However, we named it Milton IV

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