Atira asteroid

短语

词形变化

Atira asteroids 复数 Atira asteroids

别名

Atira

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An asteroid whose orbit lies completely within the orbit of the Earth, and crosses the orbit of Venus.

词源

Named after the first asteroid discovered in this class, 163693 Atira, named after the Pawnee goddess of the Earth, Atira, from Pawnee Atira, from Pawnee atira (“voc. 'Mother', 'our mother'”).

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