PhysOrg: The Moon 'still has no name'

This is a great article about Titan, but I’m always perplexed when people wonder why “the moon” doesn’t have a name. To see a a writer at a scientific rag, especially one that is heavy on astronomy, not know this? Gebus…

It has a name. It’s Luna. Don’t ask me why we don’t use it, though.

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Jeremy Derr grew up in the Houston Astrodome, witnessing the end of the Nolan Ryan era and the birth of the Killers Bs. He was an inaugural season ticket holder for the Houston Aeros in 1994, the same for the Texas Stars in 2009, played Junior Olympic inline hockey as a youth, and both plays and referees USA Hockey matches in Austin, Texas.

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