Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-up1951arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1941arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square130fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareneutron@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year 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-up2·1 year agoThen Lua!
minus-squaresivanataraja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s also moon in Portuguese.
minus-squareim sorry i broke the code@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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