exoplanet
美 [?eks???plæn?t] 
英 [ek's?ple?n?t]
- n.【天】太陽系外行星
- 網(wǎng)絡(luò)外星球；外部行星；外星行星
詞形變化
復(fù)數(shù)：exoplanets
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
This is the first time the technique has been used to decipher the presence of an exoplanet in the complex dynamics of a binary system.
這是第一次應(yīng)用該學(xué)科來檢證在復(fù)雜的雙星系中系外行星的存在。
It is the only known "Super-Earth" exoplanet-worlds that have masses between Earth and Neptune-with a confirmed atmosphere.
它是唯一的一顆已知的“超級地球”外行星-質(zhì)量在地球與海王星之間-被證實了有大氣。
The smallest known exoplanet is Corot-7b, which has a diameter less than twice that of Earth.
科羅-7b是已知外部行星中最小的一個，它的直徑不超過地球直徑的兩倍。
The largest exoplanet ever discovered is also one of the strangest and theoretically should not even exist, scientists say.
科學(xué)家們說，迄今為止發(fā)現(xiàn)的最大外行星是一顆奇特至極、在理論上不應(yīng)該存在的行星。
No doubt our modeling of exoplanet atmospheres is simplistic.
我們對外星大氣層的模型無疑是最簡單的。
In fact, scientists typically call an exoplanet with a mass that's up to 10 times greater than Earth a super-Earth.
事實上，科學(xué)家通常把質(zhì)量大于地球最多可達(dá)10倍的系外行星叫做“超級地球”。
Because the newfound exoplanet orbits so close to its star, it's gravitationally locked to the smaller body.
由于這顆新發(fā)現(xiàn)的太陽系外行星軌道非常接近其恒星，它的重心被恒星引力緊緊地束縛在較小的一端。
Detecting a magnetic field surrounding an Earth-like exoplanet would prove a promising sign for finding extraterrestrial life.
如果能夠檢測到某個象地球一樣的太陽系外行星也被磁場包圍，就證明有希望找到地球以外的生命。
Nevertheless, exoplanet surveys are providing real data to a field long starved of them.
不過系外行星的調(diào)查正為這個等待已久的領(lǐng)域提供實測數(shù)據(jù)
Other space observatories can use transits to discover details about any atmosphere that might enshroud an exoplanet.
有其他的太空觀測器，可以利用掩星來發(fā)現(xiàn)可能覆蓋在系外行星外的大氣細(xì)節(jié)。
The science of exoplanet atmospheres is in its infancy.
外星大氣科學(xué)的研究還處于嬰兒期。
Geoff Marcy, an exoplanet expert from the University of California, Berkeley, said that was an exceptional increase.
伯克利加利福尼亞大學(xué)外星球專家GeoffMarcy提到那是非常異常的增幅。
The exoplanet, COROT-7b, was discovered in February by the COROT space telescope launched by the French and European space agencies.
2月份，法國和歐洲宇航局聯(lián)合發(fā)射的COROT太空望遠(yuǎn)鏡發(fā)現(xiàn)了系外行星COROT-7b。
"This represents the smallest photometric signal we have ever detected from an exoplanet, " Kipping said.
基平說：“這是我們所能從外行星上觀測到的最小的光度信號。”
"If they had called me or someone else in exoplanet astronomy, " Seager says, "we would have advised them to just put an Earth there. "
“如果他們向我或者系外行星天文學(xué)領(lǐng)域的其他人求助的話，”西格爾說，“我們將建議他們只要在那里尋找類似地球的行星就行了。”
Meanwhile, the very darkness of the new exoplanet suggests perhaps a catchier moniker for TrES-2b, Kipping said.
與此同時，這顆新的外行星的漆黑或許給TrES-2b提供了一個更易于記住的名字，基平說。
Located 54 light-years away, the exoplanet is yet another member of the super-Earth club [source: NASA].
這顆系外行星位于54光年以外，是“超級地球俱樂部”的又一個成員[來源：NASA]。
This will greatly catalyze exoplanet research.
這將極大促進(jìn)地外星系研究。
An exoplanet is a planetary body that sits outside our solar system and orbits another star that is not our sun.
系外行星是指位處太陽系以外的行星，它們圍繞著太陽之外的其它恒星運轉(zhuǎn)。
The exoplanet's atmosphere condenses out minerals such as enstatite, corundum, spinel, and wollastonite.
這顆系外行星的大氣冷凝后產(chǎn)生礦物，如：頑火輝石、剛玉、尖晶石和硅灰石。
This is looking more and more like a golden age of exoplanet discovery.
這看起來越來越象一個探索系外行星的黃金時代。
It orbits a red dwarf star about 28, 000 light-years away, making it the most distant exoplanet currently known.
它圍繞著一顆距地球28,000光年遠(yuǎn)的紅矮星運行，這使它成為目前已知的最遠(yuǎn)的外行星。
"That's the right way to do it, " said exoplanet expert Daniel Fabrycky of the University of California, Santa Cruz.
“這是唯一正確的做法，”加州大學(xué)的太陽系外行星專家丹尼爾.法布里基說。
Before 1991, scientists hadn't discovered a single exoplanet.
1991年以前，科學(xué)家一個系外行星都還沒發(fā)現(xiàn)。
For exoplanet hunting that is not quite good enough.
但是對于狩獵系外行星來說這還遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不夠。
The youngest exoplanet yet discovered is less than 1 million years old and orbits Coku Tau 4, a star 420 light-years away.
至今為止已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)的最年輕的外行星還不到1百萬歲，它繞著一顆離地球420光年的CokuTau4恒星公轉(zhuǎn)。
"Golden Age" of Exoplanet Discovery
發(fā)現(xiàn)系外行星的“黃金時代”
With an estimated temperature of just 50K, OGLE-2005-BLG-390L b is the chilliest exoplanet yet discovered. (Artist's concept)
根據(jù)估算的50K溫度，OGLE-2005-390Lb是一顆至今發(fā)現(xiàn)的寒冷的外部星球。（藝術(shù)家的概念圖）
