Moons of other planets all have names... just the one from earth is just called moon.
Anyone have suggestions how we should name it ?
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
It falls into place when you think historically. "We" have "always" known our own Moon, calling it that with a capital 'M'.
When astronomers started to discover some of the other planets in the Solar System have their own satellites, it became natural to refer to them as 'moons' - lower-case 'm'.
Ours is still the Moon by name; the others just moons by being similarly-orbiting bodies.
When astronomers started to discover some of the other planets in the Solar System have their own satellites, it became natural to refer to them as 'moons' - lower-case 'm'.
Ours is still the Moon by name; the others just moons by being similarly-orbiting bodies.