Flying Squid to Today I [email protected]English • 10 months agoTIL the Apollo 11 astronauts had to go through immigration in Hawaii when they splashed down because they had left U.S. borders.lemmy.worldmessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1947file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1947imageTIL 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 [email protected]English • 10 months agomessage-square126fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-29 months 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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