Dumb question, but what's the name of the sun?
>>8179848
the sun
>>8179848
Jeremy
>>8179848
Sol
>>8179848
son
>>8179848
edgelord9000x69shadow
>>8179858
Only legit answer here
>>8179848
Sun
With a capital S, just like Earth's moon is Moon.
Adolf
>>8179848
Jesus Christ
>>8179960
>in whatever language you're speaking
False: in spanish, portuguese, swedish, danish and norweigan it is called Sol. In french it is Soleil, and italian Sole.
Source: any fucking dictionary
The Sun
If you want to complain take it up with the IAU
http://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming/
>>8179918
Earth's moon is Luna
>>8180035
read the post again
>>8179848
Some people would say Sol. Hence SOLar system. SOLar eclipse. SOLar flare. Whereas the moon is sometimes called Luna; hence Lunar eclipse, Lunar module, etc.
>>8180042
I'm confused. You call it whatever the word for the Sun is in the language you are speaking
>>8179980
>>8180042
That's what the post you're responding to said. "Sun, in whatever language you are speaking" implying translation.
Personally, I prefer the common scifi trope of Sol in English contexts, because Sun sounds fucking ambiguous when the word has a more general purpose. Of course, this only helps in an English-centric manner, someone who grew up with Sol being their generic word will feel that it's just as fucking stupid.
>>8180086
A sol means something else in astrophysics.
>>8180100
Enlighten me please? Attempted to google and was only lead towards notation of [math]X_[/math] meaning X compared to the Sun.
>>8179848
Pedro Martinez
>>8180113
A sol is how long it takes for a planet to rotate on its axis (a Terran sol is 24 hours)
>>8180121
Sure that wasn't named for the sun? Like, time from sunrise to sunrise?
>>8180126
It is named for the Sun.
>>8179918
>Earth's moon is Moon
illiteritardedness
>>8179851
Really? He always looked more like a Greg to me
>>8179848
Its name is Helios.
Is the sun dying?
>>8179848
A better question is what is the name of the Earth
>>8180503
Earth: Gaia
>>8180534
no, earth's name is earth
we're speaking english not latin or whatever gaia comes from
>>8179848
Sun
Sol
Helios
>>8180624
All the inhabitants of this planet can't even agree on what its name is. Aliens would look down on us.
Zentralgestirn
>>8180045
By that logic wouldn't the sun be called Solar?
>>8180635
Well, there is no need for a name until we meet aliens
>>8180637
>what is a suffix
>>8179848
It's Sol
There are many suns, but there's only one Sol
>>8179995
Luna is moon in Italian but I agree, this is the true name of earths moon
>>8180100
you're an a sol
>>8179848
Sol
Our star system is Sol system
Mercury is named after a Roman god. Venus is named after a Roman goddess. Mars is named after the Roman god of war. Jupiter is named after the Roman god of sky and thunder. Saturn is named after a Roman god. Uranus is named after a Greek god. Neptune is named after the Roman god of sea. Pluto is named after a Greek god.
Therefore, earth's name is Gaia, after the Greek goddess . And the sun's name is Helios, after the Greek god.
Ra
>>8180808
An Egyptian god wouldn't make sense between Roman and Greek gods
Inti
sun=Sun
moon=Moon
earth=Earth
next question
>>8180678
>There are many suns
Erik gordourson
>>8179980
In our ancient language we call the sun Aurinko (Au meaning gold and rinko meaning a ring.) Universally meaning we are engaged to our sun and its golden light until death do us part.
What's the name of our earth?
>>8180503
May I be the first to suggest that we call our planet Jesus's Planet in honour of the Son of God? I'm being serious.
>>8182215
Terra, duh
>>>8180678
>There are many stars, but there's only one sun
ftfy
Believe it or not, but things can have more than one name.
>>8180808
I bless Ra, the fierce Sun burning bright.
I bless Isis, Lunar in the Night.
I Bless the Air a Horus Hawk.
I Bless the Earth on which I walk.
>>8182306
That's wrong though.
>>8179848
Hyperion
Also epic thread.
>>8182379
A sun lower case is any star that is the centre of a planetary system
>>8179848
PRO_GAMER_EXTRENE
>>8179918
thread should have ended here
Look guys, the IAU is in charge of naming space born objects internationally. It doesn't matter what language it's in, the IAU is the official naming.
The Sun is 'The Sun'
The Moon is 'The Moon'
The Earth is 'The Earth'
None of that fantasy novel bullshit like 'Sol' or 'Tera' ok? This is a science board for god's sake.
>>8182215
Sol 3
>>8182311
>I bless Isis
Get v& m8
>>8182814
That has to be bait
>>8182197
that is pretty
Sun with capital S, but 'sun' I think has a more contextual meaning. I doubt this is written in any dictionary, but to me a sun is a star as seen from/near the surface of a body in orbit around it. I look at stars in the night sky and the word 'sun' doesn't feel right for them; to me they are just stars. But if I were to stand on the surface of a planet around one of them I'd be inclined to refer to it as "the sun".
The astro community will probably give it a more distinct name if and when humans colonize other star systems.
>>8180808
>Ra
Hail to the Sun god
He sure is a fun god
Rah Rah Rah
(ancient hymn, ok?)
>>8180637
>he even capitalised the root for you
also
>/sci/ arguing about naming and definitions
boy never seen this happen before!
>>8183208
A sun lower case is a star with a planetary system
>>8179848
Helios
>>8179849
/thread.
It's called "the sun" and everything else is just the ridiculous attempt to sound sophisticated. Same "the moon" btw.
>>8184564
>"the Sun" is the universal name of our star
dumb americans
>>8184588
Well we speak English, so it's "the sun". If this was a german board we would say "die Sonne", if it was a french board we would say "le soleil", if it was a polish board we would say "słońce" etc. I hope you get the idea. There are no universal names for those things, just like there's no universal language. I wish that existed though, like back in the days when latin was the widely accepted language of sciences. The closest thing to that atm is interestingly English.
G2V
>>8182814
>Look guys, the IAU is in charge of naming space born objects internationally. It doesn't matter what language it's in, the IAU is the official naming.
Yeah and according to their naming policy it's 'G2V star'!!
>>8180045
But Sol is literally just Sun in spanish. Same for Luna = Moon.
>>8180678
Nope, in portuguese there are many sóis.
>>8184675
>Spanish
IT'S FUCKING LATIN YOU UNEDUCATED PRICK, USE GOOGLE
>>8179848
Whatever you want it to be. Consensus and intelligibility are overrated. It's not like any other word came about in the absence of a pioneer independently declaring things to be named.
>>8179848
Well trolled, my friend. But for the record:
Its proper English name is the Sun
Its proper English name is the Moon
Its proper English name is Earth
Deal with it
>>8179848
Sol (Latin)
BE HIS/HER/XER NAME NOT OBVIOUS TO YOU? PRAISE THE SUN
>>8179848
Sunny McSunface
>>8179848
Luna
>>8179848
In shitty sci-fi: Sol.
In real life: the Sun.
I thought it was Sirius
the star we orbit is called the sun
the natural satellite that orbits us is called the moon
>>8179918
The Sun is a star the Moon is a satellite.
>>8180503
Earth is the third planet in the Sun star system. You should visit us sometime.
>>8184604
Who cares what it's called in urdu?
>Earthestreal position
>Sunner power
>Mooner ecclipse
Sounds dumb
>>8179848
Sol.
Sol, right?
Sol
Tera
Luna
>100 replies for this
>>8179858
The true answer
>>8186418
Only if you are speaking latin
>>8186417
you were the 99th reply, dummy.
>>8179848
Names are given by one's parents, right?
So, we need to ask sun's parents.
>>8179848
JOHN CENA
>>8179960
Sol is literally its official astronomical name as a star.
I feel like this may have been what OP was trying to ask for.
>>8186602
> Sol is literally its official astronomical name as a star.
It isn't. It's the sci-fi name for the star.
https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming/#spelling
Scientific name is c13 however its name is sun, our sun is a star
>>8179848
>Dumb question, but what's the name of the apple?
The star we revolve around is called the Sun, our natural satellite is called the Moon. Stop mixing the words star and sun, same applies for natural satellite and moon.
>>8186602
>Sol is literally its official astronomical name as a star.
The Sun literally has no official name
>>8185466
and who cares what's it called in italian!!
