COSMOS

Japanese: COSMOS

...SMS (short for synchronous meteorological satellite) No. 1 was launched in 1974, and the first two were called SMS/GOES (geostationary operational environmental satellite, abbreviated as GOES). The third satellite (1975) was named GOES1, and since then, the satellites have been numbered consecutively. (2) Former Soviet Union/Russia The first meteorological observation experiment was conducted with the scientific satellite COSMOS No. 122 (1966), and after experiments with several satellites, the operational meteorological satellite METEOR No. 1 was launched on March 26, 1969, and three to four satellites have been launched each year. It is launched into a circular orbit with an average altitude of about 860 km. ...

From [Space]

…The Chinese word “universe” refers to both space and time, as described later in “Chinese cosmology.” Originally, both “yu” and “chu” meant a (large) covering, that is, the roof of a house. Therefore, the universe can be said to be a concept that encompasses the entire world in which one lives, everything under the heavens. Therefore, all systems of natural philosophy, including mythological traditions, can be considered to be a kind of cosmology. As we will see in “various views of the universe” later, today, even among the natural peoples that are usually called “primitive” societies, there are of course certain mythological systems and natural philosophies, in which one can find one’s own unique view of the universe, but even in so-called civilized spheres, various myths and natural philosophies have been born and have spoken of their own views of the universe since the ancient times when civilization was born. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "COSMOS" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…SMS(synchronous meteorological satelliteの略)は1974年に1号が打ち上げられ，2号まではSMS/GOES(geostationary operational environmental satellite，略してGOES)と呼ばれていたが，3番目の衛星(1975)をGOES1号とし，以後連続番号をつけている。(2)旧ソ連･ロシア　最初の気象観測実験は科学衛星COSMOS（コスモス）122号(1966)で行われ，数個の衛星で実験した後に実用気象衛星METEOR（メテオール）1号が1969年3月26日に打ち上げられ，年に3～4個の打上げが続いている。平均高度860kmぐらいの円軌道に打ち上げられている。…

【宇宙】より

…漢語の〈宇宙〉は後に述べる〈中国の宇宙論〉にあるように，空間および時間の双方についてそのいっさいをいうことばである。もともとは〈宇〉も〈宙〉も，ともに，(大きな)覆い，つまり家の屋根のことであった。したがって宇宙とは，みずからのすまう世界のすべて，天の下いっさいを包摂する概念といえる。それゆえ，神話的伝承も含めて，すべての自然哲学の体系は，必然的に一種の宇宙論であると考えることができる。後述の〈さまざまな宇宙観〉で見るように，今日，通常〈未開〉社会と呼ばれる自然民族の間にも，当然，ある種の神話体系や自然哲学があり，そこに独自の宇宙観を見いだせるが，いわゆる文明圏にあっても，その文明誕生の古代以来，さまざまな神話および自然哲学が生まれては，みずからの宇宙観を語ってきた。…

※「COSMOS」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。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について | 情報

<<: Cosmos bipinnatus

>>: Cosmopolites sordidus