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minus-squareCombatWombat@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·il y a 8 joursI might translate it that way in some contexts, but if you told me Lewis and Clark were “sputniks” I’d assume you meant they got married in secret, rather than that they were explorers.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·il y a 8 joursIt’s strange they called it a ‘companion’ of any sort since it was the sole first satellite in space
minus-squareRustySharp@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·il y a 8 joursAs in, a companion to the planet. Moons are satellites. Satellite: from Latin satellitem (nominative satelles) “an attendant” upon a distinguished person; “a body-guard, a courtier; an assistant”
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·il y a 8 joursEspecially now that I found out it involves a bacon cheese sausage somehow
I might translate it that way in some contexts, but if you told me Lewis and Clark were “sputniks” I’d assume you meant they got married in secret, rather than that they were explorers.
It’s strange they called it a ‘companion’ of any sort since it was the sole first satellite in space
As in, a companion to the planet.
Moons are satellites.
Especially now that I found out it involves a bacon cheese sausage somehow