• n. [天] 天王星

希臘神話第一代神王Ouranos, 天空，天父，通常認(rèn)為來(lái)自PIE*uers, 下雨，詞源同urine. 對(duì)應(yīng)地母Gaia，詞源同geology. 后用于命名1780年新發(fā)現(xiàn)的行星，即天王星。

Uranus

first planet discovered that was not known in ancient times, named for the god of Heaven, husband of Gaia, the Earth, from Latin Uranus, from Greek Ouranos literally "heaven, the sky;" in Greek cosmology, the god who personifies the heavens, father of the titans.

The planet was discovered and identified as such in 1781 by Sir William Herschel (it had been observed before, but mistaken for a star; in 1690 John Flamsteed cataloged it as 34 Tauri); Herschel proposed calling it Georgium Sidus, literally "George's Star," in honour of his patron, King George III of England.

I cannot but wish to take this opportunity of expressing my sense of gratitude, by giving the name of Georgium Sidus ... to a star which (with respect to us) first began to shine under His auspicious reign. [Sir William Herschel, 1783]

The planet was known in English in 1780s as the Georgian Planet; French astronomers began calling Herschel, and ultimately German astronomer Johann Bode proposed Uranus as in conformity with other planet names. However, the name didn't come into common usage until c. 1850.

1. Uranus is unusual because it is tilted.

天王星非常特殊,因?yàn)樗莾A斜的.

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2. New discoveries about Uranus excited planetary astronomers in 1977.

一九七七年對(duì)天王星的幾項(xiàng)新發(fā)現(xiàn)振奮了行星天文學(xué)家.

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3. Let us test Kepler's third law for the orbit of uranus compared with that of earth.

讓我們比較天王星和地球的軌道,來(lái)檢驗(yàn)一下開(kāi)普勒第三定律.

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4. When it comes to Uranus, you can never accurately predict the outcome.

當(dāng)它來(lái)到天王星, 你永遠(yuǎn)也不能準(zhǔn)確地預(yù)言結(jié)果.

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5. Still , with Uranus you never know - you could have very surprisingly good news.

你對(duì)天王星還完全不知道 ― ―你可能會(huì)有一個(gè)驚喜的好消息.

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