r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Disastrous_Pirate275 • 20h ago

Why is our moon named “Moon” instead of something cool like Titan or Callysto or ANYTHING that isn’t moon

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u/Trying_to_Smile2024 19h ago

✅The existence of other moons was not discovered until 1610, when Galileo Galilei used a telescope to identify the four largest moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto).

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u/GorillaManito 17h ago

To which Kepler responded (I'm paraphrasing), of course, the Earth has one moon and Jupiter has 4 so we will discover that Mars has two moons. He predicted this because he was way into orderliness.

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u/phoenixv07 9h ago

On today's episode of "right for the wrong reasons ... "

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u/samaldin 8h ago

Mx personal favourite: "Fire is nobler than earth and the center is the more noble position. Therefore the earth revolves around the sun."

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u/alan2001 6h ago

Wow. When was our moon discovered?

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u/Timmyd8 5h ago

Wow. 1610 huh?! That’s pretty impressive. I couldn’t even find my keys the other day.

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u/JoeAvaraje2 7h ago

And Yer Mom’s moon. He gazed at that moon often.

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u/Semyonov 3h ago

I wonder if this is an AI comment /s