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#4711
Originally Posted by mscion View Post
If one does not like Moon for a name. You can always use its Latin name which is Luna and is acceptable in many circles.
I guess noone got any objections regarding the name but rather how other moons are treated. To me Europa is cooler than our rock so I think we should change our moon name to the rock. That would be fair to every other moon.

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Originally Posted by Dave999 View Post
I guess noone got any objections regarding the name but rather how other moons are treated. To me Europa is cooler than our rock so I think we should change our moon name to the rock. That would be fair to every other moon.

http://pop.h-cdn.co/assets/15/12/768...519468-enc.jpg
Ironically, The Rock is taken...

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#4713
Originally Posted by mscion View Post
Ironically, The Rock is taken...

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Damn it. The mooner? The blocker?

http://www.fief.org/kathleen/Moons/Moons.html
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Originally Posted by Dave999 View Post
Damn it. The mooner? The blocker?

http://www.fief.org/kathleen/Moons/Moons.html
What's wrong with Luna?
 
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#4715
Originally Posted by mscion View Post
What's wrong with Luna?
Luna is word for moon. Not a name for a specific moon. What about m00n? That would be pretty much unique among its kind and fair to the rest of the moons as well.
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Not quite right there. Luna refers to our Moon. If you are not sure which one I mean, it's the one that's about a quarter million miles from the Earth.
 
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#4717
Originally Posted by mscion View Post
Not quite right there. Luna refers to our Moon. If you are not sure which one I mean, it's the one that's about a quarter million miles from the Earth.
Good. Then I think you solved the issue. Excellent!

The questions is how we can announce this change to the world.
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Originally Posted by Dave999 View Post
Good. Then I think you solved the issue. Excellent!

The questions is how we can announce this change to the world.
I don't think the world is ready to know...
 
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#4719
Originally Posted by mscion View Post
I don't think the world is ready to know...
Right again, Maybe we could learn something from this story: http://www.ancient-code.com/the-moon...lands-is-fake/

We plant the name here and there and let the world find out for itself.

On a more interesting note it would be interesting to see how many people is needed to be able to change a commonly used name to a new one.

What if we hired 300 journalists to pump out articles, books, documentary and let them work for a year. Would that be enough to swing the tide in favor of Luna?
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#4720
Originally Posted by Dave999 View Post
Europa is cooler than our rock
Not really.
The coldest temperature on the Moon: 26 K (−247 °C; −413 °F)
The coldest temperature on Europa: 50 K (−220 °C; −370 °F)
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