asteroids

Asteroids that are just a few feet or meters across are called asteroids. We see them as meteors when they enter Earth's atmosphere.

那些直径只有几公尺的小行星统称为流星体，当它们进入地球大气层后就形成流星。

Ceres turned out to be just one of many asteroids orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, rather than a proper planet.

谷神星结果只是众多绕着火星和木星的卫星中的一颗，而并非什么行星。

Asteroids - something from the sky comes closer and closer and then hits 'Home'! Have the metaphors 'hit home' with you yet?

小行星-来自天空的某种东西越来越接近来临了，于是就跟‘家’碰撞上了！就你而言‘碰撞家’仍然有暗喻的说法？

Even after working and optimizing the asteroids for a week until they rendered at a great performance, the physics were still way too slow.

用了一个星期的时间来优化小行星的，并获得了不错的渲染效果，物理过程的运行依然缓慢。

If all such asteroids turn out to be harmless windmills, it will have been a wasted effort.

如果所有的行星都被证实是毫无害处的风车时，那就是白花力气了。

Asteroids are minor planets, most of which circle the sun in a region known as the asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

小行星是较小的行星，它们中的大部分在火星和木星轨道间的小行星带中环绕太阳运行。

Asteroids are astronomical objects in the solar system that orbit the Sun but are too small (in volume and weight) to be considered planets.

小行星是太阳系内类似行星环绕太阳运动，但体积和质量比行星小得多的天体。

The discovery also "provides additional support for the theory that life's ingredients were delivered to the Earth by asteroids, " he said.

此次发现同时“为一项理论提供了额外的证据支持，说明最初的生命元素是由陨石带到地球上的。”他说。

Tip: Refineries can exploit owned and adjacent resource asteroids. Asteroids can only support so many refineries at a time though.

小贴士：精炼船能采集起所处的和周围的资源小行星上的资源。但是小行星一次只能供给很少的精炼船。

There are eight planets, at least thirty moons, and thousands of asteroids to be explored.

可供探险的有8大行星，至少有30个月亮和数以千计的小行星，其总面积约为地球面积的250倍。

The asteroids have intersecting orbits that allow them to collide with one another and with the planets.

小行星有著互相交错的轨道，因此有可能与行星或其他小行星发生碰撞。

None of this means that true life could have arisen on asteroids; their warm phase would simply have been too brief.

以上这些并不能证明实际的生命曾在小行星上出现过，因为那段高温时期实在过于短暂了。

Asteroids are thought to be celestial bodies that preserve information from the time of the Solar System's formation.

小行星被认为是天体是保持从太阳系形成的时间信息。

It was compressed enough to become a protostar but enough material was left over to form planets, moons, asteroids and comets.

压力足够使之形成一颗恒星，剩下的物质形成了行星，卫星，小行星和彗星。

Meteorites are rocks, usually containing a great deal of extraterrestrial iron, which were once part of planets or large asteroids.

陨石是一种石头，通常含有大量的地外铁物质，这些物质曾经都是行星和大型小行星的一部分。

Some of that uncertainty comes from asteroids' sometimes forgotten cousins, comets.

上文提到的不确定性，有一部分来自于小行星那偶尔被遗忘的表兄——彗星。

They used it to get a representative sample of these asteroids that orbit the sun and have a risk of crossing Earth's orbit.

一些小行星环绕太阳飞行，它们有穿越地球轨道的风险。

Asteroids and comets smashing into the early Earth have long been thought to be a promising source.

一直以来人们认为海水可能来自早期坠入地球的小行星和彗星。

Asteroids is back with a new interface with superb graphics and sound effects with many more options and a much better game play.

小行星是回到了一个新的界面，具有出色的图形和声音特效，还有更多的选择和一个更美好的游戏体验。

I mean, you've got to watch out for asteroids.

我是说，你得提防那些小行星。