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You only need names for things if there are more than one of them. Since there is only one sun in our solar system, it is called "the Sun". In Latin, the name is "Sol", which means "sun".

Earth's moon is called "the Moon", because it is the only one. We need names for the moons of other planets, because there are several; Mars has 2, Jupiter 63 (at last count), Saturn a couple of dozen or more. Even Pluto has two.

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