amazing terminology for the hypothetical moon of a moon - ThreadSky

depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social • 54 days ago

amazing terminology for the hypothetical moon of a moon

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saavikford.bsky.social•54 days ago

I was thinking moonino, but that’s just the Italian equivalent of moonito, so I vote moonito!!!

chiefs-49ers.bsky.social•54 days ago

moonlet, or is that taken

papaturk.bsky.social•54 days ago

2Q25

mlaatrabbotwiki.on.computer•54 days ago

We missed a good opportunity to name the terminology for a hypothetical moon, a “Mooninite”. Even then, it's quite interesting regardless.

furry-lover-owo.bsky.social•54 days ago

May I propose....
Moooooo x [10 to the nth] n?

To name the moons of a moon of a moon of a moon of a moon....

ccdot.bsky.social•54 days ago

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle
The cow jumped over the moooon

just-ems.bsky.social•54 days ago

moooons goes so silly it has to stay

thecapmaxolotl.bsky.social•54 days ago

moooons

iniayashi.bsky.social•54 days ago

Pronounced moo oons. Used to describe moons of moons, or moons resembling or otherwise reminiscent of an Earth cow.

codywalton.bsky.social•54 days ago

I would have gone with mooninite

jpofct.bsky.social•54 days ago

Moon Moon's back, everyone.

dessarts.bsky.social•46 days ago

What, no chibi moons?

gdepau.bsky.social•53 days ago

Moon Deng!

lebon14.bsky.social•54 days ago

Cows took offense at the last suggestion.

barksatuu.bsky.social•54 days ago

moon moons and moooons go hard

i.n33d.coffee•54 days ago

mmmmmmmm… moonitos

poppamu.nz•54 days ago

Please include alt text in future posts.

benjaminkwhiskey.bsky.social•54 days ago

MOONETTES!!!!

jcdenton.xyz•54 days ago

we need to stop letting redditors name things

floppy-disk-5.bsky.social•54 days ago

"moonitos" sounds like a breakfast cereal

ccnomad.bsky.social•54 days ago

We could use the German ‘-chen’ suffix, that’s be cute: moonchen. I also like minimoon

ccnomad.bsky.social•54 days ago

*that’d

aleksj2.bsky.social•54 days ago

🤣🤣🤣

agranieri.bsky.social•46 days ago

And the residents are … Mooninites?

scosco.bsky.social•54 days ago

Ay moonitos!

tarw.bsky.social•54 days ago

This is how Boaty McBoatface was born....

lottelydia.bsky.social•54 days ago

@smidbob.bsky.social flavours of booooooc

smidbob.bsky.social•54 days ago

I like the implied recursive quality, something of the inception honk about it: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC

lottelydia.bsky.social•54 days ago

mooooooooooooooon

yellsonpolitics.bsky.social•54 days ago

does this imply we live on planet mon

yellsonpolitics.bsky.social•54 days ago

and therefore the sun is mn

plastikbuddha.bsky.social•54 days ago

Moonions

graceseybold.bsky.social•54 days ago

Anishinaabemowin has a diminutive suffix -oons

Consider: MOONOONS

monochromeobserver.bsky.social•54 days ago

Moonlet

chrfrde.bsky.social•45 days ago

Already a thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlet

hatstand4510.bsky.social•54 days ago

Alt: Terminology
Terms used in scientific literature for subsatellites include "submoons" and "moon-moons". Colloquial terms that have been suggested include moonitos, moonettes, and moooons.
Picture of a gray, pitted moon with caption: Artist's concept of rings around Rhea, a moon of Saturn

erika1897.bsky.social•54 days ago

There's a really good video about this topic by a guy who's actually a professor in astronomy specialized in exomoons!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50xuuEolLR8

dogsdadbod.bsky.social•47 days ago

madmeson.bsky.social•54 days ago

You can call me submoon, moon-moon, or moonito if you’re not into the whole brevity thing

pretendinglily.bsky.social•54 days ago

Does that mean a moon of a moon of a moon would be a moooooon?

kynicos.bsky.social•54 days ago

And the moon of a moon of a moon? And the moon of it?

banjo99.bsky.social•47 days ago

AI cow calling Moooon! To the moon with a moon

brianterrill.bsky.social•46 days ago

Moonlette.

depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social•54 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsatellite

fredtremblay.bsky.social•54 days ago

@ericlagadec.bsky.social

pjvphotography.bsky.social•54 days ago

Least absurd astronomical naming convention

swamplizard.bsky.social•54 days ago

It’s a name that I don’t have to look up to begin understanding what it could mean. They did pretty good here, for them.

ideamarcos.bsky.social•54 days ago

Now I’m mishearing lyrics https://youtube.com/watch?v=XP5oHL3zBDg

princeennui.bsky.social•54 days ago

Moon-moons moon moon-moons

riverraptor12.bsky.social•54 days ago

I think moonette sounds pretty

tessa.germnetwork.com•46 days ago

Where’s @chenchenwrites.bsky.social

thefive.bsky.social•46 days ago

If moons had sub-moons, would that make planets dom-moons?

andrewrnease.bsky.social•54 days ago

Damn it, Moon-Moon!

chknoodle.bsky.social•54 days ago

Count my vote for moonitos.

bruce69420.bsky.social•54 days ago

Pronouncing that shit like I'm Pauly Shore "moo-oon"

michael-w-busch.bsky.social•54 days ago

Fortunately; stable orbits eventually become impossible as objects get smaller.

So it should not be necessary to name a class of moons of moons of moons.

mlaatrabbotwiki.on.computer•54 days ago

Moonception. 🌚

anthonywmoore.bsky.social•54 days ago

Yo Dawg, I heard you like Moons...

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