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originally posted in: Ask me anything about Astronomy
4/5/2016 2:00:34 AM
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What is the true name of the sun
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  • Edited by The Cellar Door: 4/5/2016 2:05:18 AM
    Sun. I dislike when people call it "Sol," similarly when people call Moon, "Luna" or Earth, "Terra." I also dislike when people say [i]the[/i] [u]e[/u]arth. IAU recommendations refer to these celestial bodies as proper nouns, and as Sun, Earth, and Moon respectively. You wouldn't fly a spaceship to the Mars.

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  • Edited by Rubyk: 4/5/2016 2:07:41 AM
    You would get pretty pissed off in most Spanish speaking countries. Sun translates to Sol, Moon translates to Luna. And Earth is Tierra.

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  • As those names should, because they're Latin. I'm just repeating the IAU recommendations, at least for English, I couldn't be bothered taking about space in Spanish with my kitchen Spanish knowledge, so that's really not a big deal.

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