It IS Luna. After the goddess just as Venus and Saturn and alll the others...Hence words like LUNAR Lander and stuff. Heh Now you know. N/T

It IS Luna. After the goddess just as Venus and Saturn and alll the others...Hence words like LUNAR Lander and stuff. Heh Now you know. N/T:
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Posted by Eric Prothero on November 1, 2000 at 17:28:02:

In Reply to: Re: Umm..Luna= the name of our moon atleast in Greek/Latin terms(text) posted by Universe Man on November 1, 2000 at 05:20:05:

> luna n : the goddess of the moon; counterpart of Greek Selene

> ...and that's the only definition I could find on that word. Even if you're right, bringing the name of the moon in another language means absolutly nothing. What I said still stands, I just chose to use the English word for the moon since I'm writing in English.

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Comments:	> > luna n : the goddess of the moon; counterpart of Greek Selene > > ...and that's the only definition I could find on that word. Even if you're right, bringing the name of the moon in another language means absolutly nothing. What I said still stands, I just chose to use the English word for the moon since I'm writing in English.