Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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-square131fedilinkarrow-up1951file-text
arrow-up1951imageTIL 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 · 2 years agomessage-square131fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareneutron@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 years 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-up2·2 years agoThen Lua!
minus-squaresivanataraja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIt’s also moon in Portuguese.
minus-squareim sorry i broke the code@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years 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