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Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
. Lune is French for Moon. Luna is Latin (and also Spanish/Italian/Russian) for Moon.
It may also refer to:
- Rivers:
- River LuneRiver LuneThe River Lune is a river in Cumbria and Lancashire, England.It is formed at Wath, in the parish of Ravenstonedale, Cumbria, at the confluence of Sandwath Beck and Weasdale Beck...
in Lancashire and Cumbria, England - River Lune (Durham)River Lune (Durham)The River Lune is a river in County Durham, England.The Lune rises close to Lune Head Farm at the confluence of Lune Head Beck and Cleve Beck...
in England - Lune (river)Lune (river)The Lune is a river in Germany, some long and a right tributary of the Lower Weser. It is a small lowland river, which is joined initially by the Volkmarster Lune on the boundary between the borough of Bremervörde and the district of Cuxhaven...
a 43 km long tributary of the Weser in Germany
- River Lune
- Place names:
- Lune ForestLune ForestLune Forest is a Site of Special Scientific Interest covering an extensive area of moorland in the Teesdale district of west Durham, England. In the north, where it adjoins the Upper Teesdale and Appleby Fells SSSIs, it extends from Mickle Fell eastward almost as far as Harter Fell, above the...
in Cumbria, UK
- Lune Forest
- Mathematics:
- Lune (mathematics)Lune (mathematics)In geometry, a lune is either of two figures, both shaped roughly like a crescent Moon. The word "lune" derives from luna, the Latin word for Moon.-Plane geometry:...
- Lune of HippocratesLune of HippocratesIn geometry, the lune of Hippocrates, named after Hippocrates of Chios, is a lune bounded by arcs of circles, one of which passes through the center of the other and has half the area of the other...
, in geometry a plane region bounded by arcs of circles and amenable to quadrature
- Lune (mathematics)
- Literature:
- Lune (poetry)Lune (poetry)Lune is a fixed-form variant haiku created for the English language, and consists of two versions:The Robert Kelly luneRobert Kelly, a Professor of Literature at Bard College, invented a new form of English-language haiku using the form 5/3/5 syllables, with the intention of making the form closer...
, a fixed-form variant of haiku in English
- Lune (poetry)
- Sport:
- In real tennisReal tennisReal tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original indoor racquet sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis , is descended...
, a point scoring opening in a jeu quarré court
- In real tennis
- Fictional places and characters:
- Lhûn or River Lune in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
- Gulf of Lune, where the latter flowed
- King Lune a fictional character in The Horse and His Boy in The Chronicles of Narnia
- Balron Lune a fictional character in Saint Seiya
- Misha Arsellec Lune, a fictional character from Ar tonelico: Melody of ElemiaAr tonelico: Melody of ElemiaAr tonelico: Melody of Elemia, released in Japan as is a PlayStation 2 console role-playing game produced by Banpresto and Gust. There were other media releases based on the game, including the comic Ar tonelico -arpeggio-, the OVA Ar tonelico, and several drama CDs.The story begins on the...