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star cluster

星群,星团,恒星群,恒星团

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Astronomy.

    • : a number of stars of common origin held together as a group by gravitational attraction.Compare globular cluster, open cluster, stellar association.

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  • For comparison, here in the Milky Way, these bright patches known as star clusters pop up with masses that are 10 thousand times that of our Sun.

  • About 7 percent of the stars in the nuclear star cluster revolve around the galactic center faster than their peers and do so around a different axis, the team found.

  • In a companion study, team member Manuel Arca Sedda at Heidelberg University in Germany and colleagues ran computer models to simulate how a star cluster falling into the Milky Way’s nuclear star cluster could explain the new observations.

  • The Hyades has survived longer than many other open star clusters.

  • Called the Hyades, this star cluster is a mere 150 light-years away from Earth.

  • Former Red Sox star Curt Schilling says his politics are keeping him out of Cooperstown.

  • It was seen by a small delegation of star-struck prelates and dignitaries who later described the film as “moving.”

  • I just recently rewatched all six Star Wars movies the other day… Oh wow, from the beginning?

  • The star announces he is to marry his 27-year-old boyfriend.

  • Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice turned herself in to serve a 15-month sentence for bankruptcy fraud.

  • I had no idea who they were, as the Grand Duke was in morning costume, and had no star or decoration to distinguish him.

  • When rapidly deposited, as by artificial precipitation, triple phosphate often takes feathery, star- or leaf-like forms.

  • She liked him less than ever, nevertheless wished that he were her brother and the rising star in American politics.

  • With the tertian parasite, the segments more frequently form an irregular cluster.

  • In the course of an hour a cluster of dark objects appeared on the bench, coming rapidly toward us.