Oriental Basin

Japanese: オリエンタル盆地 - おりえんたるぼんち
Oriental Basin

… The formation of craters can be divided into three stages, as shown in Figure 2. The largest crater seen on planets and moons in the solar system today is the Orientale Basin (also called the Mare Orientale) on the Moon, which has a diameter of about 1,300 km. The crater topography called the Caloris Basin on Mercury is about the same size. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Oriental Basin" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… クレーターの形成される様相は図2に模式的に示すような三つの段階に分けることができる。 現在の太陽系の惑星や衛星にみられるクレーターのうち最大のものは,月の〈オリエンタル盆地〉(東の海ともいう)で,直径が約1300kmある。水星の〈カロリス盆地〉と呼ばれるクレーター地形もほぼ同じ大きさである。…

※「オリエンタル盆地」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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