Tatooineとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From French Tataouine, from Arabic [script needed] (Tataween)

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌtætuːˈiːn/

固有名詞

Tatooine

1. A fictional desert planet in Star Wars.
   • 2016 June 14, Avery Thompson, “We've Discovered the Largest Planet to Orbit Two Suns Like Tatooine”[1], Popular Mechanics:

     Planets that orbit two stars are called "circumbinary planets." They're also sometimes called "Tatooine planets," after the most well-known example.

   • 2019 September 10, Kirsten Korosec, “Audi’s off-roading electric concept would be perfect for Tatooine”[2], TechCrunch:

     Glass surrounds the cabin to provide unrivaled views of the environment, whether it’s an earthly vista or the binary sunset over the fictional Tatooine desert.

   • 2019 October 4, Jake Parks, “Baby Binary Star Gives Astronomers a Glimpse at How Planets Like Tatooine Form”[3], Discover Magazine:

     Because the majority of stars are thought to be locked in such binary systems, learning about their early lives — especially how they form and maintain Tatooine-type planets — is of great interest to astronomers.

   • 2019 November 26, “Moisture Farming: Harvesting Fog Can Provide Fresh Water in Desert Regions”[4], American Physical Society, SciTechDaily:

     Moisture farming is not just for the deserts of Tatooine — advances in fog harvesting technology may provide an additional fresh water source in foggy coastal areas with little precipitation.

   • 2023 January 25, Stephen Luntz, “Tatooine-like Planets Orbiting Two Suns Could Be Habitable”[5], IFL Science:

     The more interesting case is circumbinary planets (CBPs), popularly known as Tatooine-like worlds, where the stars are so close together that a planet would need to orbit both to be at a safe distance.

   • 2023 October 30, Joe Scott, What Would Happen If The Earth Had Rings?‎:

     From the ground it could almost look like two suns in the sky, creating a Tatooine effect.