Sentence examples for measure its diameter from inspiring English sources

That led astronomers to dub Pluto the ninth planet, despite the fact that successive attempts to measure its diameter revealed that, at least in terms of size, it resembled the asteroids that live in the inner parts of the solar system more than the other planets.In 1992, however, Pluto acquired neighbours.

As a class, decide what object could represent the Sun and measure its diameter.

Mr. Bernardo also tells his students the rule of thumb for estimating the age of a tree: measure its diameter in inches at chest height, about four and half feet, and multiply by four.

The idea of the measuring method is to trace the falling particle in the carrier gas, retrieve the mass reduction rate from the curvature of the recorded trajectory of the particle, and measure its diameter.

When you decide what to use as your axle, measure its diameter.

Study the edges of the ball and the ruler to get a sense of how reliably you can measure its diameter.

When it rains, César Mazier, the director of horticulture, measures its diameter with his calipers.

We mapped the location of each latrine, measured its diameter, and counted the number of scats it contained.

This software detects the liquid squeezed area and measures its diameter.

The total area of the circular drop was estimated by measuring its diameter, and the number of micromotors in a 1/80 portion of the drop was counted.

We determined the Gosner developmental stage of each egg [42] and measured its diameter by using ImageJ 1.37v [43].