"The particle, named Amaterasu after the sun goddess in Japanese mythology, is one of the highest-energy cosmic rays ever detected.
The Amaterasu particle has an energy exceeding 240 exa-electron volts (EeV), millions of times more than particles produced in the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful accelerator ever built, and equivalent to the energy of a golf ball travelling at 95mph.
It comes only second to the Oh-My-God particle, another ultra-high-energy cosmic ray that came in at 320 EeV, detected in 1991."
https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/cosmic-ray-2023/
"one of the "Three Precious Children" (三貴子, mihashira no uzu no miko / sankishi), the three most important offspring of the creator god Izanagi.
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the Kojiki, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi and Susanoo were born
when Izanagi
went to "[the plain of] Awagihara by the river-mouth of Tachibana in Himuka in [the island of] Tsukushi"[a] and bathed (misogi) in the river to purify himself after visiting Yomi, the underworld, in a failed attempt to rescue his deceased wife,
Izanami.
Amaterasu was born when Izanagi washed his left eye,
Tsukuyomi was born when he washed his right eye,
and Susanoo was born when he washed his nose.
Izanagi then appoints
Amaterasu to rule Takamagahara (the "Plain of High Heaven"),
Tsukuyomi the night,
and Susanoo the seas."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaterasu
"On May 27, 2021, the Telescope Array experiment detected the second-highest extreme-energy cosmic ray"
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