Sentence examples for planetary name from inspiring English sources

Mercury is the only metal for which the alchemical planetary name became the common name.

In turn, Jupiter was the counterpart to the mythical Greek Zeus, also referred to as Dias, the planetary name of which is retained in modern Greek.

The ancient Greeks knew the planet as Στίλβων (Stilbon), meaning "the gleaming", Ἑρμάων (Hermaon) and Ἑρμής (Hermes), a planetary name that is retained in modern Greek (Ερμής: Ermis).

They were lifted from the mundane partly by being given planetary names, but mainly by the neon's afterglow.

"Had I been consulted, I'd have vehemently objected," he wrote in his account of the Frisbee business (written with Phil Kennedy),"Flat Flip Flies Straight!" Wham-O went on to nix the alien cockpit and planetary names, opting instead for a new, sportier disc with a stripe in the center and the words "Official Pro Model" on top.

The Front Door Inscription refers to the stationary points of planetary motion, but only two planetary names have been read, that of Venus and Mercury, as far as we know.

Create a funny mnemonic for the planetary names, something easy to remember.

Ask the kids to say the mnemonic followed by the actual planetary names.

Non-European cultures use other planetary-naming systems.

In 1997, a planetary scientist named Pascal Lee argued that his research camp in a vast meteorite crater on Northern Canada's Devon Island — the largest uninhabited island in the world — would be an ideal place for NASA to model an expeditionary camp.

In 1997, a planetary scientist named Pascal Lee argued that his research camp in a vast meteorite crater on Northern Canada's Devon Island the largest uninhabited island in the world would be an ideal place for NASA to model an expeditionary camp.