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Let's name our planet!

rob333 (zone 7b)
12 years ago

LF and I were talking yesterday, when it struck us, none of our astral bodies have "names". Our solar system is "the Solar system". Our planet is "Earth", our moon is "the moon". Why do all the other bodies get cool names like Venus or Io or Chiayi? Most of us would likely keep the tradition of names in our solar system by naming Earth after some god or godess. Probably Hephaestus (the God of technology, craftsman, etc., but also "lame") or Loki (the crazy god)? Our moon could be Eupheme (child of Aglaea and Hephaestus), the spirit of good omens.

What do you think? Why don't we have any names? It's like owning a cat named "cat", very utilitarian.

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