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asteroid

/as-tuh-roid/US // ˈæs təˌrɔɪd //UK // (ˈæstəˌrɔɪd) //

小行星,小星体

Related Words

sphere球体,球形,球状,球面earth地球,大地,地上,地球上globe全球,全球化,全球的,全球性的world世界,世界上,世界范围内,世界各国marble大理石,大理岩,大理岩石,云石orb兽骨,球体,兽皮,兽性apple苹果,苹果公司,蘋果,苹果公司的planetoid行星体,行星类,行星,行星状物moon月球,月球上的,月球上,月球上的人rocket火箭,火箭弹,火箭炮,火箭筒spacecraft宇宙飞船,航天器,太空船,太空舱luna月亮,月球,月光,月神sputnik卫星,卫星通信,卫星通讯社,卫星通讯terrene蒺藜,萜林,萜烯,惶恐不安ancillary辅助的,辅助性的,辅助性,附属的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Astronomy. any of millions of small celestial objects revolving around the sun, often irregularly shaped and having a great range in size, from as small as 6 feet across to about 620 miles across: the vast majority of known asteroids exist within the asteroid belt. See also small solar system body.
    • : Zoology. a starfish; an asteroidean.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : starlike.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inplanet
Synonyms
earth地球,大地,地上,地球上globe全球,全球化,全球的,全球性的sphere球体,球形,球状,球面world世界,世界上,世界范围内,世界各国apple苹果,苹果公司,蘋果,苹果公司的marble大理石,大理岩,大理岩石,云石orb兽骨,球体,兽皮,兽性planetoid行星体,行星类,行星,行星状物heavenly body天体,星辰大海,星辰大海的身体luminous body发光体,发亮的身体,夜光体,荧光体terrene蒺藜,萜林,萜烯,惶恐不安wandering star流浪的星星,流浪之星,流浪星,漂泊之星
as insatellite
Synonyms
moon月球,月球上的,月球上,月球上的人planetoid行星体,行星类,行星,行星状物
as insatellite
Synonyms
luna月亮,月球,月光,月神moon月球,月球上的,月球上,月球上的人rocket火箭,火箭弹,火箭炮,火箭筒spacecraft宇宙飞船,航天器,太空船,太空舱sputnik卫星,卫星通信,卫星通讯社,卫星通讯ancillary辅助的,辅助性的,辅助性,附属的

Examples

  • Perhaps, Carr and a few others have imagined, LUCA was the descendent of microbial Martian invaders traveling by asteroid.

  • The analogs in the solar system are all asteroid-sized bodies much less massive than Earth.

  • As he sorts through it, Genge could conceivably come across a speck of 6626 Mattgenge, an 8-kilometer-wide asteroid near Mars named in his honor for his contributions to the study of cosmic dust.

  • Although the company has struggled, Bezos has invested to the tune of $1 billion a year in the company and rhapsodizes about a future in which humans live in massive habitats in orbit and mine asteroids.

  • NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission successfully touched down on the asteroid Bennu and collected an overflowing amount of material to bring back to Earth.

  • What would it take to carry people to the Moon, or Mars, or an asteroid?

  • Thinking of longer journeys to Mars or an asteroid would require careful measurement of conditions.

  • His game lasts until his final ship has either collided with an asteroid or lost a shootout with an enemy saucer.

  • The Asteroid Belt in the Solar System has many such gaps, created by the gravity of the Sun and Jupiter.

  • For the record, Deep Impact is about a comet, not an asteroid.

  • According to Boyle, a non-luminous and non-reflecting asteroid has crashed into the earth's gravitational field.

  • In the early afternoon they came to what must be the asteroid's northern pole.

  • It always landed on the plain where Parr had first set foot to the asteroid.

  • "They were inside this asteroid," decided Parr, half to himself.

  • "For getting away, for giving freedom to my only friends on this asteroid," said Parr.

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