Cupid (English spelling)

Japanese: キューピッド(英語表記)Cupid
Cupid (English spelling)
The English name of Cupid, the Roman god of love. Son of Venus. A naked, winged boy with a bow and arrow, who is said to make anyone struck by his arrow fall in love. Corresponds to Eros in Greek mythology.
The 27th moon of Uranus. Discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2003. Its name comes from its appearance in Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens". It orbits Uranus in the ninth closest direction. It is the smallest, with a diameter of about 15 km. The average surface temperature is below minus 209 degrees Celsius.

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Japanese:
ローマ神話の恋の神クピドの英語名。ビーナスの子。弓矢を持つ裸の有翼の少年で、その矢に当たった者は恋心を起こすという。ギリシャ神話のエロスに当たる。
天王星の第27衛星。2003年にハッブル宇宙望遠鏡によって発見された。名はシェークスピアの「アテネのタイモン」に登場するに由来。天王星に9番目に近い軌道を公転する。直径は15キロほどで最小。平均表面温度はセ氏マイナス209度以下。

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