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This seems like yet another case of unnecessarily Earth/Sol-centric terminology, much like "apogee" being Earth specific such that you have to use "apoapsis" if
by jlgreco 13y ago
This seems like yet another case of unnecessarily Earth/Sol-centric terminology, much like "apogee" being Earth specific such that you have to use "apoapsis" if you want to be generic. I mean, do we really need a new word for every planet, the sun, a star in general, a black hole specifically, and galaxies? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsis#Terminology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsis#Terminology
We should declare terminology bankruptcy to wipe out our existing terminology/language debt, then pick sensible terms for everything. While I'm the topic, we should also do "kilogram"->"grave", "gram"->"micrograve".
- nitrogen 13y agoShouldn't that be "milligrave" if you're using SI prefixes?
- jlgreco 13y agoYou are absolutely correct.
- lmm 13y agoWhen talking about orbits it's very useful to be able to make a distinction between apogee and lunar or solar apoapsis.
- jlgreco 13y agoYou inadvertently gave the solution: "lunar apoapsis", "solar apoapsis", "earth apoapsis". Much easier than "aposelene/apocynthion/apolune", "aphelion", "apogee".
- pmahoney 13y agoSo, what gets to be "mg"? I'm not against the idea, but please don't have the new base also start with "g".
- jlgreco 13y agoHence "terminology bankruptcy", all existing terminology debt will be erased ;)