Roman moon, Greek moon

Roman moon, Greek moon

I used the term perilune in yesterday’s post about the flight path of Artemis II. When Artemis is closest to the moon it will be furthest from earth because its closest approach to the moon, its perilune, is on the side of the moon opposite earth. Perilune is sometimes called periselene. The two terms come from two goddesses associated with the moon, the Roman Luna and the Greek Selene. Since the peri- prefix is Greek, perhaps periselene would b…