Flying Squid 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-square129fedilinkarrow-up1949arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1939arrow-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 to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square129fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@neutron@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglish5•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 .
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.
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