Iapetus

Iapetus

美 　英 [ai'æp?t?s]

  • n.古大西洋；亞皮特斯海；土衛八
  • 網絡伊阿珀托斯；伊阿佩托斯；愛潑特斯

英漢解釋

n.
1.
古大西洋
2.
亞皮特斯海
3.
土衛八

英英解釋

n.

例句

If the outer layers of Iapetus froze solid at this time, some remnant of that shape might be preserved.

如果它的外層在此時凝固成固體，這個形狀的殘跡可能還能被保存下來。

Whatever the truth, the range is remarkable and makes Iapetus look like a walnut in space.

不管事實到底如何，這些山脈確實非常壯觀，而且使得土衛八看起來像太空中的一個核桃。

EVEN a cursory glance at Saturn's moon Iapetus reveals it to be an oddball.

甚至只是對于土星的衛星土衛八粗略地一瞥，也足以表露出它的古怪。

The subsatellite would have spiraled slowly away from Iapetus until Saturn grabbed it.

子衛星緩慢地成螺旋形遠離Iapetus直到其被土星捕獲。

The other half of Iapetus is relatively bright but oddly covered with long and thin streaks of dark.

而另一半邊的土衛八則是相對明亮但是怪異地布滿又長又細的深色條紋。

In the 17th century, the astronomer Giovanni Cassini noticed Iapetus had one dark side and one lighter side, but had no idea why.

在17世紀，天文學家喬萬尼·卡西尼（GiovanniCassini）發現“土衛八”一面暗一面亮，但他當時不知道其原因。

The ring circles in the same direction as Phoebe, while Iapetus, the other rings and most of Saturn's other moons go the opposite way.

光環和“土衛九”沿同一方向形成圈，而“土衛八”、其它光環以及土星的大多數其它衛星沿相反方向運動。

And its flattened shape implies that Iapetus once spun very quickly, completing a rotation in 16 hours.

并且它平坦的外形意味著其曾經旋轉的很快，完成一個自轉周期為16小時。

A sub-satellite of the Saturnian moon would explain two of the most puzzling features of Iapetus.

土星衛星的子衛星將解釋Iapetus的兩個最使人迷惑的特征。

Possibly solving a 300-year-old mystery, two recent studies suggest a likely mechanism behind Iapetus' two-faced nature.

最近的兩個研究可能能解釋伊阿珀托斯兩面性的產生機理，解決這個300年之久的謎題。

Scientists think material from the outer ring moves inward and slams into Iapetus.

科學家們認為光環外側的物質向內移動并猛烈撞擊“土衛八”。

This mini-moon then started to fall back towards Iapetus, they argue.

科學家們認為，之后這個小衛星又開始向土衛八墜落。

The ingredients of Iapetus are also peculiar.

它的組成也是非常的奇特。

But not before its outward drift sapped rotational energy from Iapetus and slowed it down.

但是不久土衛八外圍的漂浮物削減其自轉能量并使其變慢。

The discovery offers a possible solution to the mystery of the moon Iapetus.

這個發現給土衛八之謎提供了一個可能的解釋。

Half of Iapetus is so dark that it can nearly disappear when viewed from Earth.

有半邊的土衛八已經暗到即使從地球觀看，還是幾乎消失的樣子。