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单词 astrometry
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Definition of astrometry in English:

astrometry

noun əˈstrɒmɪtriəˈstrɑmətri
mass noun
  • The measurement of the positions, motions, and magnitudes of stars.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One technique, known as astrometry, involves precisely measuring the position of a star.
    • The main branches are astrometry, celestial mechanics, and astrophysics.
    • This method, known as astrometry, is the oldest planet-hunting method, but no planets have yet been found based on it alone.
    • In this way, astronomers will perform very precise astrometry to detect the reflex motion of stars due to orbiting planets.
    • And while methods such as photometry and astrometry, which hold great promise in the long term, are still being perfected, other innovative approaches are already yielding results.

Derivatives

  • astrometric

  • adjective
    • It was designed to produce extremely accurate astrometric measurements in small fields, and has been used to measure parallaxes and therefore distance for faint stars.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After obtaining the images, she used astrometric software to determine the coordinates of the target asteroid's apparent position in each image.
      • The main objective of the astrometric instrument (ASTRO) is to obtain accurate measurements of the relative positions of all objects that cross the fields of view of Gaia's two telescopes.
      • To date there have been no successful detections of extrasolar planets with the astrometric method.
      • Tycho had collected in one place the finest astrometric instruments of his day - four decades before Galileo introduced the astronomical telescope.
 
 

Definition of astrometry in US English:

astrometry

nounəˈstrɑmətriəˈsträmətrē
  • The measurement of the positions, motions, and magnitudes of stars.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The main branches are astrometry, celestial mechanics, and astrophysics.
    • In this way, astronomers will perform very precise astrometry to detect the reflex motion of stars due to orbiting planets.
    • This method, known as astrometry, is the oldest planet-hunting method, but no planets have yet been found based on it alone.
    • One technique, known as astrometry, involves precisely measuring the position of a star.
    • And while methods such as photometry and astrometry, which hold great promise in the long term, are still being perfected, other innovative approaches are already yielding results.
 
 
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