Submitted by ParticleDetector t3_z63e7m in Showerthoughts
TheWaffleWeirdo t1_iy03jy7 wrote
Reply to comment by stackdatdough in You see more suns at night than in the daytime. by ParticleDetector
A sun is a star that has planets orbiting around it. It's like how our moon is called the moon, but there are still tons of other moons
FrogBoglin t1_iy05jfy wrote
Our star is called the Sun and it's the only star with that name. Our moon is called Luna
Alpha_Crow_1 t1_iy0bgci wrote
Our sun's name is Sol. No one ever calls it that though.
_gravy_train_ t1_iy0hm4j wrote
Sol is basically Latin for sun.
apprehensize_command t1_iy0ro6o wrote
Sun is basically english for Sol
FrogBoglin t1_iy0bw5r wrote
Oh yeah, I'm dumb, don't listen to me
SirenHead29 t1_iy0fbp1 wrote
Sol Sanctum
BerossusZ t1_iy1vdc7 wrote
Our moon is actually called "Moon" and our star is "Sun". Sol and Luna could be used as other names for them and people love to say those are their "actual" names, but even scientists don't ever use them. Moon and Sun just ARE their names in the present day, not just what they're commonly called
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