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单词 barnards star
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Barnard's starn.

Brit. /ˈbɑːnɑːdz ˌstɑː/, U.S. /ˈbɑrˌnɑrdz ˌstɑr/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Barnard , star n.1
Etymology: < the name of Edward Emerson Barnard (1857–1923), U.S. astronomer, who discovered the star in 1916 ( Astrophysical Jrnl. 29 181) + star n.1
A red dwarf star in the constellation Ophiuchus which is the nearest star to the Sun after Alpha Centauri.Barnard's star has the largest proper motion of any known star.
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Barnard's star1916
Proxima Centauri1917
red dwarf1929
1916 Pop. Astron. 24 691 (heading) Parallax of Barnard's star with large proper motion.
1946 W. T. Skilling & R. S. Richardson Sun, Moon & Stars iv. 185 The fastest known star is one called Barnard's runaway star... Barnard's star..requires 180 years to go as far as the apparent distance across the moon.
1979 D. Adams Hitch Hiker's Guide to Galaxy 48 We are about to jump into hyperspace for the journey to Barnard's Star.
1993 Independent on Sunday 29 Aug. 8/8 [They]..were set the problem of sending an unmanned starship to Barnard's star, 4.9 million light years away—a 400-year journey.
2009 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 26 Sept. f6 One [planet] was reported..in orbit around Barnard's Star and made it into astronomy textbooks, only to fade ingloriously in 1973 when it was shown to be not a planet, but a problem with a telescope.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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