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"Isn't the moon a star?" Killinger asked. "No, the moon is a planet, darling," Mizrahi shot back. "The moon is not a planet," Killinger said. "What else is it if it's not a planet?" Mizrahi asked.

Although sweaters and astronomy don't really seem like they'd go together, that random argument began after Killinger remarked that the green version of the sweater resembled what Earth would look like from the moon.

Here's a transcript of the astronomy lesson gone wrong:

Shawn: It almost kind of looks like what the earth looks like when you're a bazillion miles away from the planet moon. The planet moon [laughs, corrects herself] ... From the moon looking back at the earth.

Isaac: From the planet moon ...

Shawn: Isn't the moon a star?

Isaac: No, the moon is a planet, darling.

Shawn: The sun is a star. Is the moon really a planet? Don't look at me like that! The sun is a star. Is the sun not a star?

Isaac: I don't know what the sun is.

Shawn: The sun is a star, isn't it? (a producer corrects her via her ear piece) The moon is not a planet. I KNEW IT! You were trying to take me down that road.

Isaac: The moon is not a planet! Wait, excuse me ...

Turns out, neither one knew what he or she was talking about. Universe Today defines a moon as "a celestial body that makes an orbit around a planet."

Turns out, neither Isaac nor Shawn knew what he or she was talking about.

Earth's moon is also sometimes referred to as a natural satellite because it moves around Earth. ABC decided to find out who else knows the truth about the moon.

"Is the moon a star or a planet?" ABC reporter Nick Watt asked. "No, it's neither. It's a moon," a girl said. "How old are you?" Watt asked. "Seven," the girl replied.

So it seems this is something we should have learned by second grade.

[Plaid Pants]

smh

[ROMARY]

I guess the moon is a satellite because it's not far away enough from us to be a separate planet. But, it's probably a planet to the other very far away planets, though. Right. Right? It's all a matter of perspective and who is asking and from where those folks are asking the question. Oh, wait. Since it's revolving, it couldn't be a planet. Right? But, who's to say what other folks out there in outer space/the universe are calling it........lol........

[MomOf4]

When we landed on the moon, everyone, including the scientists, said we landed on another planet. Hmmm..

[ROMARY]

Oh wait (again)........Since our earth is revolving/spinning, could it be called a satellite? My head is spinning..........lol...............I'll have to look it up. It's been decades since elementary school, and thank goodness I'm not a teacher.

[colliegirls]

I could not believe that conversation!! They have to wonder if the sun is a star and if the moon is a planet? Scary!

[NoelSeven]

On 1/16/2015 ROMARY 1 said:

I guess the moon is a satellite because it's not far away enough from us to be a separate planet. But, it's probably a planet to the other very far away planets, though. Right. Right? It's all a matter of perspective and who is asking and from where those folks are asking the question. Oh, wait. Since it's revolving, it couldn't be a planet. Right? But, who's to say what other folks out there in outer space/the universe are calling it........lol........

It's not a planet, but it's long been a theory that it was once part of the earth.

[brii]

Oy

[dooBdoo]

On 1/16/2015 MomOf4 said:

When we landed on the moon, everyone, including the scientists, said we landed on another planet. Hmmm..

Really? I've never heard anyone say it was a landing on another planet. I've always heard it called the "lunar landing," or just "landing on the moon."