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I'd prefer if headlines weren't capitalised. The Moon is pretty unique, it's Earth's moon.

• jey 15y ago
  But then why do you call it "Earth" instead of "Planet"?
  • cpeterso 15y ago
    I often wonder if we'll ever get to call Earth "Terra" like they do TV. ;)
    • Tloewald 15y ago
      Terra was something the golden age SF writers settled on. It's from the same source (Latin) as the names of the planets and Sol. Terra is to Earth as Sol is to Sun.
      • iaskwhy 15y ago
        I actually call it Terra. And Sol. And Lua. But that's because I'm Portuguese. :)
  • hugh3 15y ago
    Mostly because we'd had the words "Earth" and "Planet" for a helluva long time before we realised that the Earth was a planet. The sense of "Earth" which came first was the sense of "soil", so our planet is really just called "Soil". It's interesting to think about the process by which our ancestors figured out that "earth" wasn't just the substance underneath their feet, it was also a place.