exoplanet
美 [ˈeksəʊˈplænɪt] 
英 [ek'sɒpleɪnɪt]
- n.【天】太阳系外行星
- 网络外星球；外部行星；外星行星
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复数：exoplanets
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This is the first time the technique has been used to decipher the presence of an exoplanet in the complex dynamics of a binary system.
这是第一次应用该学科来检证在复杂的双星系中系外行星的存在。
It is the only known "Super-Earth" exoplanet-worlds that have masses between Earth and Neptune-with a confirmed atmosphere.
它是唯一的一颗已知的“超级地球”外行星-质量在地球与海王星之间-被证实了有大气。
The smallest known exoplanet is Corot-7b, which has a diameter less than twice that of Earth.
科罗-7b是已知外部行星中最小的一个，它的直径不超过地球直径的两倍。
The largest exoplanet ever discovered is also one of the strangest and theoretically should not even exist, scientists say.
科学家们说，迄今为止发现的最大外行星是一颗奇特至极、在理论上不应该存在的行星。
No doubt our modeling of exoplanet atmospheres is simplistic.
我们对外星大气层的模型无疑是最简单的。
In fact, scientists typically call an exoplanet with a mass that's up to 10 times greater than Earth a super-Earth.
事实上，科学家通常把质量大于地球最多可达10倍的系外行星叫做“超级地球”。
Because the newfound exoplanet orbits so close to its star, it's gravitationally locked to the smaller body.
由于这颗新发现的太阳系外行星轨道非常接近其恒星，它的重心被恒星引力紧紧地束缚在较小的一端。
Detecting a magnetic field surrounding an Earth-like exoplanet would prove a promising sign for finding extraterrestrial life.
如果能够检测到某个象地球一样的太阳系外行星也被磁场包围，就证明有希望找到地球以外的生命。
Nevertheless, exoplanet surveys are providing real data to a field long starved of them.
不过系外行星的调查正为这个等待已久的领域提供实测数据
Other space observatories can use transits to discover details about any atmosphere that might enshroud an exoplanet.
有其他的太空观测器，可以利用掩星来发现可能覆盖在系外行星外的大气细节。
The science of exoplanet atmospheres is in its infancy.
外星大气科学的研究还处于婴儿期。
Geoff Marcy, an exoplanet expert from the University of California, Berkeley, said that was an exceptional increase.
伯克利加利福尼亚大学外星球专家GeoffMarcy提到那是非常异常的增幅。
The exoplanet, COROT-7b, was discovered in February by the COROT space telescope launched by the French and European space agencies.
2月份，法国和欧洲宇航局联合发射的COROT太空望远镜发现了系外行星COROT-7b。
"This represents the smallest photometric signal we have ever detected from an exoplanet, " Kipping said.
基平说：“这是我们所能从外行星上观测到的最小的光度信号。”
"If they had called me or someone else in exoplanet astronomy, " Seager says, "we would have advised them to just put an Earth there. "
“如果他们向我或者系外行星天文学领域的其他人求助的话，”西格尔说，“我们将建议他们只要在那里寻找类似地球的行星就行了。”
Meanwhile, the very darkness of the new exoplanet suggests perhaps a catchier moniker for TrES-2b, Kipping said.
与此同时，这颗新的外行星的漆黑或许给TrES-2b提供了一个更易于记住的名字，基平说。
Located 54 light-years away, the exoplanet is yet another member of the super-Earth club [source: NASA].
这颗系外行星位于54光年以外，是“超级地球俱乐部”的又一个成员[来源：NASA]。
This will greatly catalyze exoplanet research.
这将极大促进地外星系研究。
An exoplanet is a planetary body that sits outside our solar system and orbits another star that is not our sun.
系外行星是指位处太阳系以外的行星，它们围绕着太阳之外的其它恒星运转。
The exoplanet's atmosphere condenses out minerals such as enstatite, corundum, spinel, and wollastonite.
这颗系外行星的大气冷凝后产生矿物，如：顽火辉石、刚玉、尖晶石和硅灰石。
This is looking more and more like a golden age of exoplanet discovery.
这看起来越来越象一个探索系外行星的黄金时代。
It orbits a red dwarf star about 28, 000 light-years away, making it the most distant exoplanet currently known.
它围绕着一颗距地球28,000光年远的红矮星运行，这使它成为目前已知的最远的外行星。
"That's the right way to do it, " said exoplanet expert Daniel Fabrycky of the University of California, Santa Cruz.
“这是唯一正确的做法，”加州大学的太阳系外行星专家丹尼尔.法布里基说。
Before 1991, scientists hadn't discovered a single exoplanet.
1991年以前，科学家一个系外行星都还没发现。
For exoplanet hunting that is not quite good enough.
但是对于狩猎系外行星来说这还远远不够。
The youngest exoplanet yet discovered is less than 1 million years old and orbits Coku Tau 4, a star 420 light-years away.
至今为止已经发现的最年轻的外行星还不到1百万岁，它绕着一颗离地球420光年的CokuTau4恒星公转。
"Golden Age" of Exoplanet Discovery
发现系外行星的“黄金时代”
With an estimated temperature of just 50K, OGLE-2005-BLG-390L b is the chilliest exoplanet yet discovered. (Artist's concept)
根据估算的50K温度，OGLE-2005-390Lb是一颗至今发现的寒冷的外部星球。（艺术家的概念图）
