单词 | titius–bode |
释义 | Titius–Boden. Astronomy. attributive and in the genitive. Designating an empirical formula (also known as Bode's law: see Bode n.5) by which the distances of the first seven planets from the sun are roughly derived in terms of powers of two (esp. in Titius–Bode law); of or relating to this formula. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > theory > astronomical laws > [noun] > planets theoricc1392 Kepler's laws1781 Bode's law1833 Titius–Bode law1865 1865 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 39 50 The same may be said of any of the above fundamental constants, and not least of the distance, as it is found approximating to Titius–Bode's law. 1948 Science 23 Apr. 405/1 The mean distances of the planets from the sun obey very closely the so-called Titius–Bode law. 1972 Nature 21 Apr. 374/2 The chief facts which have to be explained are..the peculiar regularities in the planetary and satellite spacings, summed up by the Titius–Bode law. 1996 Guardian 16 Mar. (Guide Suppl.) 3/2 Lovely ideas like the Titius–Bode theory that a destroyed world which now forms the asteroid belt once existed between Mars and Jupiter. 2007 D. A. Weintraub Is Pluto a Planet? vi. 86 Within a decade of the first appearance of the Titius–Bode rule, one such [accidental and serendipitous] discovery would usher in two centuries of debate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865 |
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