Apollo (English spelling)

Japanese: アポロ(英語表記)Apollo
Apollo (English spelling)
The Latin name for Apollo.
An asteroid. Discovered by the German Karl Reinmut in 1932, it was lost for a while, but was rediscovered in 1973. Its name comes from the Greek god Apollo. Its diameter is about 1.5 kilometers. Its semi-major axis of orbit is 1.47 astronomical units. Its orbital period is about 1.8 years. It was the first of the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids to be discovered, and the first to be confirmed to cross the Earth's orbit. In 2005, radar observations revealed the existence of moons.
NASA NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) manned spacecraft. Seventeen were manufactured. The first one had a fire on the ground in 1967, killing three people, and the launch was canceled. The eleventh one succeeded in soft landing on the Sea of ​​Tranquility on the moon on July 20, 1969. → Apollo Project

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Japanese:
アポロンのラテン語名。
小惑星の一。1932年にドイツのカール=ラインムートにより発見され、しばらくの間見失われていたが、1973年に再発見。名称はギリシャ神話の神アポロンに由来する。直径約1.5キロメートル。軌道長半径は1.47天文単位。公転周期は約1.8年。地球近傍小惑星のアポロ群の中で最初に発見され、地球の公転軌道を横断することが初めて確認された。2005年、レーダー観測により衛星が存在することがわかった。
NASAナサ(米国航空宇宙局)の有人宇宙飛行船。17号まで製造された。1号は1967年に地上で火災事故を起こし3人が死亡、打ち上げ中止。11号が1969年7月20日に月面の「静かの海」への軟着陸に成功した。→アポロ計画

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