Ivan Shmakov wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RW>> But there is no 'n' in astro, even if the word was derived from the   
    RW>> Greek word astron.   
      
    IS>     FWIW, there is no "es" in "naut," either.   
      
   I agree with that, but, nauts does indicate more than one naut.   
      
    RW>> A star is something regarded as resembling such a celestial body.   
    RW>> When you see the glowing body of the International Space Station   
    RW>> (ISS) fly overhead, that fits the description of a star.   
      
    IS>     It doesn't.  Not to me, at the least, for it flies just too fast   
    IS>     to be a star.  (Why, it moves even faster than the planets!)   
      
   A meteor is often referred to as a shooting star...y'all had one of those   
   fly over and crash land into Russia recently.   
      
    IS>     But then, neither can I understand Japanese using "aoi hoshi"   
    IS>     (= blue star) to mean Earth.   
      
   They were probably impressed by the photos taken from the moon that show   
   the Earth in blue.   
      
      
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