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Astronomical
"Astronomical" in a Sentence (14 examples)
The figure will be astronomical.
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union decided to create a new category for solar system objects called "dwarf planets", and Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet.
The boundary of the solar cavity is the heliopause, about fifty astronomical units from the sun, where the solar wind pressure is down to the tiny pressure between stars in our arm of the galaxy.
The odds against that happening are astronomical.
The asking price is astronomical.
The demotion of Pluto from the status of a planet was a very hotly debated issue within the astronomical community.
Makemake was first discovered in 2005. It was formally recognized as a dwarf planet in 2008 by the International Astronomical Union.
The Oort Cloud is believed to surround our solar system and reach over halfway to the nearest star, Alpha Centauri, which is 150,000 astronomical units away.
Thales used the astronomical records of the Babylonians and Egyptians to accurately predict a solar eclipse in the sixth century BC.
The Infrared Astronomical Satellite's mission was to map the entire sky at infrared wavelengths. It was equipped with a special infrared telescope to scan the sky.
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Finally, all men saw that astronomical knowledge lied not, and they awaited the comet.
Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
At the moment he wondered why anyone would want to visit Khatka, let alone pay some astronomical sum for the privilege.
The cost of such a work now, of course, would be astronomical.
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