Crater - crater (English spelling)

Japanese: クレーター - くれーたー(英語表記)crater
Crater - crater (English spelling)

In English, it normally refers to a volcanic crater, but in Japanese, it refers to the ring-shaped landforms that are often seen on the surface of the moon. Until craters were discovered on Mars by the American Mars probe Mariner 4 in 1965, the only celestial body known to exist outside of Earth was the Moon, but today they are known to exist on many planets and moons in the solar system. There are two theories about their origin: internal causes such as volcanic activity, and external causes, which state that they were caused by collisions with celestial bodies from outside.

[Naoyuki Sekiguchi]

Moon craters
Craters of various sizes can be seen on the surface of the moon. The large crater on the right is "Ptolemaios." Photographed by Apollo 12 © NASA

Moon craters


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

英語では普通に火山の火口のことをさすが、日本語では月の表面などに多数みられる環形の地形のことをいう。1965年にアメリカの火星探査機マリナー4号によって火星上にクレーターが発見されるまでは、地球外の天体では月の上にしか存在が知られていなかったが、今日では太陽系内の多くの惑星、衛星の上にその存在が知られている。成因については、火山活動などによる内因説と、外部からの天体の衝突によるという外因説とがある。

[関口直甫]

月のクレーター
月面に見られる大小さまざまなクレーター。写真右の大きなクレーターは「プトレマイオス」。アポロ12号により撮影©NASA">

月のクレーター


出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例

<<:  Grader - Grader (English spelling)

>>:  Crete [island] - Crete

Recommend

Salt seller - Shiouri

Salt trader. In Japan, salt is only produced in co...

Drill press - Boruban (English spelling) boring machine

A machine tool that mainly uses a drill to drill ...

Office work - Shomu

〘Noun〙① Duty. Job. Duties. ※Shoku Nihongi - Yoro 3...

Wheat water - Bakusui

A haiku poet from the mid-Edo period. Hori clan. ...

Moji clan

Also called "Monji." In the Middle Ages,...

Bell, Acton

...Family circumstances forced them to return hom...

Ranters (English spelling)

In early modern England, they were called "Ra...

Usugai method

…Mother-of-pearl was imported to Japan early on, ...

Atheroma - Ateroma

…A cyst that occurs in the skin. The cyst wall is...

Sulfur monofluoride

… [Disulfur difluoride] Chemical formula: S 2 F 2...

mushā' (English spelling) musha

However, the process of its development and the f...

Salivary gland

An exocrine gland that opens into an animal's...

Prime Minister's Office - Sorifu

Based on the National Administrative Organization...

Law school

American law schools. In American universities, no...

Gilbart, JW

…He was involved in the establishment of the Nati...