单词 | primary planet |
释义 | > as lemmasprimary planet 5. Astronomy. Esp. in primary planet. Designating a planet which orbits the sun, as distinguished from a secondary planet or satellite, which orbits a planet. Formerly also: †each of the three planets Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn (obsolete). Cf. secondary adj. 3d. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > [noun] primary planet1664 primary1703 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 163 Who can imagine that any of the primary Planets were wholly designed for the service of Us and our Earth? 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Primary Planets (according to some) are the Three Superior Planets, viz. Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars; but more properly a Primary Planet is one that moves round the Sun, as its Centre; whereas a Secondary Planet moves round some other Planet. 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. i. §47. 99 The Secondary Planets of Jupiter gravitate towards Jupiter..and both the Primary and Secondary Planets gravitate towards the Sun. 1814 J. Playfair Outl. Nat. Philos. II. ii. viii. 339 The elliptical motions of the planets, both primary and secondary. 1884 Zadkiel's Alm. 40 The Moon forms benefic aspects with the primary planets. 1991 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 45 20 A corollary to Kepler's Third Law of planetary motion..namely, that the cubes of the mean distances of the ‘primary’ planets orbiting the Sun are proportional to the squares of their periods of revolution. < as lemmas |
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