Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoTIL the Apollo 11 astronauts had to go through immigration in Hawaii when they splashed down because they had left U.S. borders.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1950arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1940arrow-down1imageTIL the Apollo 11 astronauts had to go through immigration in Hawaii when they splashed down because they had left U.S. borders.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square130fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareneutronlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-210 months agoProblem is that Luna means moon (a planet’s satellite) in romance languages like Spanish. If we’re giving proper toponyms for the earth’s satellite itself and its subdivisions, we should try and avoid generic names like Luna .
minus-squareim sorry i broke the code@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoThen Lua!
minus-squaresivanataraja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoIt’s also moon in Portuguese.
minus-squareim sorry i broke the code@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoIt’s over
Problem is that Luna means moon (a planet’s satellite) in romance languages like Spanish. If we’re giving proper toponyms for the earth’s satellite itself and its subdivisions, we should try and avoid generic names like Luna .
Then Lua!
It’s also moon in Portuguese.
It’s over