请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 annual parallax
释义

> as lemmas

annual parallax
annual parallax n. the maximum apparent difference in position of a celestial object during the course of a year due to the changing position of the earth in its orbit around the sun; (also) a value equal to half of this (corresponding to the angle subtended at the celestial object by the mean radius of the earth's orbit).
ΚΠ
1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 4039 The further Jupiter is distant from the opposition, the greater is the apparent distance of the same Satellit; that at divers times of the Year this distance changeth in proportion of the annual Parallax of the Satellit, according as he is differently seen by the Sun and by the Earth.
1674 J. Wallis Let. 7 Apr. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1975) X. 564 Mr Hooks observation of ye Annual Parallax compared with ye Lucida Draconis; I am very well pleased with. Onely I am sorry it hath been no further prosecuted. For depending as it were upon little more than one observation, and that a nice one: they who like not the thing, will rather content them selves to attribute it to some errour.
1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours vii. 171 The star Alpha Centauri..exhibits..an annual parallax of one second.
2016 Leek (Staffs.) Post & Times (Nexis) 6 Sept. (Environment section) 26 Last week I described how stellar distances were determined by using annual parallax to determine the apparent positional shift of nearby stars against more distant objects.
extracted from annualadj.n.
<
as lemmas
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/3 20:54:44