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What is the name of the largest celestial object that orbits the Earth? |
Fattierob
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|  Posted: 2011-05-26 15:32
If you answered "Luna", you're incorrect.
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/FAQ
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Q: Why doesn't the Moon have a name?
A: The Moon does, of course, have a name - the Moon. It is known by many names in various languages - Luna (Latin, Spanish, Italian, and Russian), Mond (German), Lune (French), etc. Our moon was the first known moon. When we discovered that other planets had moons, they were given different names in order to distinguish them from our moon.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#Name_and_etymology
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The English proper name for Earth's natural satellite is "the Moon".[7][8] The noun moon derives from moone (around 1380), which developed from mone (1135), which derives from Old English môna (dating from before 725), which, like all Germanic language cognates, ultimately stems from Proto-Germanic *mǣnôn.[9]
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We must quickly fix this error in the sol system. PEOPLE MIGHT GET CONFUSED JUST WHAT THAT LUNA THING IS
[ This Message was edited by: Fattierob on 2011-05-26 15:34 ]
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Entil-Zha the Starkiller
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From: Arizona - Where DST is a myth
| Posted: 2011-05-26 16:28
Blasphemer! 
The rest of the universe revolves around our dreary planet...to name the largest celestical object...well take your choice of galaxies. 
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Azure Prower
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| Posted: 2011-05-26 16:34
This is news?
But technically they're both correct.
It is called Luna. It is also called "the moon."
The correct question to ask would be "What is the first name given to the largest celestial object that orbits the Earth?"
[ This Message was edited by: Azure Prower on 2011-05-26 16:36 ]
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The Fridge
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From: In Your Fridge, Eating your Foods.
| Posted: 2011-05-26 16:53
Uranus......The temptation was too great.
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From: Valhala
| Posted: 2011-05-26 17:40
So I should trow away my language for yours? For me and many others it is and it will ever be "Luna".
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MrSparkle
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From: mrsparkle
| Posted: 2011-05-26 20:39
Name it after me
But seriously, there's another space game I play on occasion where they named some planets after the beta testers, including myself. Difference is, in DS you can change your name.
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Rebellion
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From: sol
| Posted: 2011-05-26 20:49
pritty shure larrys rock, hell, paul and the numorus other made up planets arnt real so why dose it matter?
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Demorian
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From: Charlotte, North Carolina
| Posted: 2011-05-26 21:25
Fattie, I don't care if you're a developer now, nor do I pay any heed to the fact that I am no longer a moderator. If you don't cease this senselessness and malarkey, I will ban you straight into eternity.
And I won't feel bad about it.
-Dem
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Kenny_Naboo
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From: LobsterTown
| Posted: 2011-05-26 22:35
It's gotta be Fargo. Anything that looks like last night's vegetarian dinner that I threw up must still be in orbit somewhere nearby....
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Pakhos[+R]
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From: Clean room lab
| Posted: 2011-05-27 10:49
Go , be fat somewhere else!
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Tael
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| Posted: 2011-05-27 13:13
I just call it BOB.
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Sardaukar
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| Posted: 2011-05-27 18:32
We also use the name Luna because it's pretty embarassing when someone has to squawk into the communications:
"This is THE MOON traffic control, report your status please."
"UGTO personnel from THE MOOOON intercepted an Farstar agent today..."
"Our chief facility is located on THE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON, the final fortress in our defense of mother Earth."
It's impossible to say it without an increasingly aggravated and ludicrous inflection.
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Marius Falix
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From: Luyten
| Posted: 2011-05-27 20:29
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On 2011-05-27 13:13, Tael wrote:
I just call it BOB.
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thats Earth .2
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