high precision parallax collecting satelliteの例文
- This would have been an improvement over the High Precision Parallax Collecting Satellite ( Hipparcos ) which operated 1989-1993 and produced various star catalogs.
- The word " Hipparcos " is an acronym for "'High precision parallax collecting satellite "'and also a reference to the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus of Nicaea, who is noted for applications of trigonometry to astronomy and his discovery of the precession of the equinoxes.
- The name of the space telescope, " Hipparcos " was an acronym for " High Precision Parallax Collecting Satellite ", and it also reflected the name of the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus, who is considered the founder of trigonometry and the discoverer of the precession of the equinoxes ( due to the Earth wobbling on its axis ).