| 单词 | celestial point |
| 释义 | celestial point (once / 5909656 pages) n WORD FAMILY celestial point: celestial points USAGE EXAMPLESHe imagines the people who inhabit that celestial point of light lost in space. Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente, The Enemies of Women—(Los enemigos...(2012) n a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere) Exp|Hypo|Hyper north celestial pole the celestial pole above the northern hemisphere; near Polaris south celestial polethe celestial pole above the southern hemisphere apex, apex of the sun's way, solar apex the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars antapexthe point opposite in direction from the solar apex; the point the solar system is moving away from apoapsis, point of apoapsis(astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited node(astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane equinoctial point, equinox(astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic culmination(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon nadirthe point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected periapsis, point of periapsis(astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited celestial pole, poleone of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere zeniththe point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected exaltationthe location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence apogeeapoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth aphelionapoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun apojoveapoapsis in orbit around Jupiter apolune, aposeleneapoapsis in orbit around the moon ascending nodethe point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going north vernal equinox(astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Pisces autumnal equinox(astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Virgo descending nodethe point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going south perigeeperiapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth perihelionperiapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun perijoveperiapsis in orbit around Jupiter perilune, periseleneperiapsis in orbit around the moon point the precise location of something; a spatially limited location |
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