Synonyms for celestial sphere
| Grammar : Noun |
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Définition of celestial sphere
- As in sky : noun earth's atmosphere
- As in celestial body : noun permanent natural object in the sky
- As in celestial object : noun natural object in the sky
- As in heavenly body : noun natural object in sky
- What a celestial body has it drawn out from its celestial sphere!
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
- It was only the northern half of the celestial sphere which had been fully explored.
- Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball
- The earth, argued Ptolemy, lies at the centre of the celestial sphere.
- Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball
- The north star showed the only motionless spot in the celestial sphere.
- Extract from : « Urania » by Camille Flammarion
- When a star reaches the meridian in its course across the celestial sphere it is said to culminate or reach its culmination.
- Extract from : « Astronomical Lore in Chaucer » by Florence M. Grimm
- A star rising due east would traverse this great circle of the celestial sphere and set due west.
- Extract from : « Astronomical Lore in Chaucer » by Florence M. Grimm
- In Fig. 4, the outer circle represents the path of the zodiac on the celestial sphere.
- Extract from : « Astronomical Lore in Chaucer » by Florence M. Grimm
- In Fig. 5, the outer arc again represents the path of the zodiac on the celestial sphere.
- Extract from : « Astronomical Lore in Chaucer » by Florence M. Grimm
- This corresponds to the Tropic of Cancer on the celestial sphere, which marks the greatest northern declination of the sun.
- Extract from : « Astronomical Lore in Chaucer » by Florence M. Grimm
- Further, this plane of the ecliptic is to the celestial sphere what the sea-level is to the earth.
- Extract from : « Aether and Gravitation » by William George Hooper
Antonyms for celestial sphere
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