单词 | Uranus |
释义 | Word Frequency Uranus 1(jʊˈreɪnəs, ˈjʊrənəs) noun Greek mythology the personification of the sky, who, as a god, ruled the universe and fathered the Titans and Cyclopes on his wife and mother Gaea (earth). He was overthrown by his son Cronus Word Frequency Uranus 2(jʊˈreɪnəs, ˈjʊrənəs) noun one of the giant planets, the seventh planet from the sun, sometimes visible to the naked eye. It has 27 satellites, a ring system, and an axis of rotation almost lying in the plane of the orbit. Mean distance from sun: 2870 million km; period of revolution around sun: 84 years; period of axial rotation: 17.23 hours; diameter and mass: 4 and 14.5 times that of earth respectively Word origin C19: from Latin Ūranus, from Greek Ouranos heaven |
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