| 单词 | superior planet |
| 释义 | > as lemmassuperior planet superior planet n. Astronomy a planet whose orbit lies outside that of the earth (originally, in Ptolemaic astronomy, having its sphere above that of the sun). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > [noun] superior planet1577 better star1600 planet1640 planetary1819 exoplanet1992 1577Superior Planets [see sense A. 3a]. 1583 R. Harvey (title) An Astrological Discourse vpon the great and notable Coniunction of the two superiour Planets, Satvrne & Ivpiter. 1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 751 The Motion of the Superiour Planets. 1702 R. Morden Introd. Astron. i. 4 The Superior Planets only, encompass the Earth with their Circles. 1786 J. Bonnycastle Introd. Astron. 429 Superior Planets, are those which move at a farther distance from the sun than the earth, and are Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Georgium Sidus. 1814 J. Playfair Outl. Nat. Philos. II. i. ix. 169 The same [probability] is increased in a quadruplicate ratio, from considering the phenomena of all these four superior planets. 1892 Ohio Statesman 3 May The superior planets..making their regular periodicals around the sun in their regular periods. 1954 C. Payne-Gaposchkin Introd. Astron. (1956) vii. 150 Only superior planets can reach quadrature. 2001 P. Moore 2002 Yearbk. Astron. i. 70 The superior planets are morning objects after conjunction with the Sun, rising earlier each day until they come to opposition. < as lemmas |
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