Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2023

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[P-PS06] Lunar Science and Exploration

Fri. May 26, 2023 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Online Poster Zoom Room (3) (Online Poster)

convener:Masaki N Nishino(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science), Masahiro KAYAMA(Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo), Yusuke Nakauchi(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Keisuke Onodera(Earthquake Research Institute / The University of Tokyo)

On-site poster schedule(2023/5/26 17:15-18:45)

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

[PPS06-P19] Correct Names of the Lunar Features in Japanese

*Sato Isao1 (1.Japan Astronomical Names Net)

Keywords:lunar features, Latin words, crater, Japanese translation

Since 1610 when Galileo Galilei first observed Moon by a telescope, many of the lunar feature were named in Latin.
But some of the names are incorrectly written in Japanese. We show the examples of them.