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astronomer

/uh-stron-uh-mer/US // əˈstrɒn ə mər //UK // (əˈstrɒnəmə) //

天文学家,航天员,天体物理学家,宇宙人

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an expert in astronomy; a scientific observer of the celestial bodies.

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  • It’s the first time astronomers had identified an exploding magnetar in another galaxy.

  • Each year, astronomers discover nova explosions in the Milky Way that cause dim stars to flare up and emit far more light than the sun before they fade again.

  • Confirming the planet’s existence should not be too hard—astronomers simply have to observe the object again and see if its new position corresponds with an orbit.

  • A highlight of the five-day event is the Cadillac Mountain Star Party, with rangers and astronomers acting as travel guides to the sky.

  • Both buck the trend astronomers expected from theories of how planetary systems form.

  • “A lot of the critical details in the plot were a mishmash of ideas that made no sense,” astronomer Phil Plait wrote at Slate.

  • The new Research Institute set features an all-female cast: a paleontologist, astronomer, and chemist.

  • In 1859, astronomer Richard Carrington observed a strong solar flare that was directed at the Earth.

  • Calvin astronomer Howard Van Till was for years the leading evangelical champion of the Big Bang Theory.

  • Edward Hubble, the greatest astronomer of the 20th century, who discovered the expanding universe, he was inspired by Jules Verne.

  • The crest-fallen astronomer plodded on his weary way, another example of a fool and his money soon parted.

  • His birth might also be remembered as occurring in the same year as that of the great astronomer Galileo.

  • Let us suppose that the Astronomer Royal claimed infallibility, not only in matters astronomical, but also in politics and morals.

  • The modern astronomer needs to know much of chemistry, or else he can not understand many of his observations on the sun.

  • On the way homewards, we visited the observatory of the famous astronomer, Dey Singh.