English Dictionary

Chrysalis

固有名詞

(astronomy) A hypothetical former moon of Saturn, whose gravitational influence is proposed as the source of Saturn's inclination and near-resonance with Uranus, and whose gravitational disruption is proposed as the source of Saturn's rings.

日本語の意味

仮定上の土星の旧衛星であり、その重力的影響が土星の軌道傾斜や天王星との近似共鳴の原因とされ、またその重力的撹乱が土星の環の起源と考えられている。

Chrysalis may have been torn apart by tidal forces, leaving behind the glittering rings we observe today.

土星の仮説上のかつての衛星は潮汐力で引き裂かれ、今日私たちが観測するきらめく環を残したのかもしれない。

意味（1）

(astronomy) A hypothetical former moon of Saturn, whose gravitational influence is proposed as the source of Saturn's inclination and near-resonance with Uranus, and whose gravitational disruption is proposed as the source of Saturn's rings.