distant star

collocation in English

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distant
adjective
uk
/ˈdɪs.tənt/us
/ˈdɪs.tənt/
far ...
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star
noun
uk
/stɑːr/us
/stɑːr/
a very large ball of burning gas in space that is usually seen from the earth as a point of light in the sky ...
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(Definition ofdistantandstarfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In microlensing events, adistantstaris temporarily brightened as a result of gravitational focusing by a closer star passing between the observer and thedistantstar.
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Assuming that each visit does not represent a journey from adistantstar, where are these alien space craft supposed to be hiding?
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The residents are frantically working on a spacecraft that will take them to a planet orbiting adistantstar.
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In the reference frame co-rotating with the spacecraft, thedistantstarappears to move along a circular trajectory around the spacecraft.
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If light takes several years to reach us from adistantstar, it is no longer on the star, nor is it on the earth.
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The main story concerns an expedition sent to adistantstarin order to make contact with a civilization that may have been detected there.
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For instance, dark bands in the light emitted by adistantstarare due to the atoms in the star's atmosphere.
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Humanity lived on twelve colony worlds in adistantstarsystem.
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Consider adistantstarobserved from a rotating spacecraft.
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Humanity will also evolve into a new biological species in colonies living indistantstarsystems.
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No doubt, if faint sounds were louder or distant stars closer, they could be perceived.
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Parabolic reflectors resolve this, allowing incoming parallel rays (for example, light from adistantstar) to be focused to a small spot; almost an ideal point.
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Astronomers do experiments, searching for planets around distant stars.
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The spacecraft studied the images of various distant stars to determine its current trajectory and position.
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Mach's principle says that there is a physical law that relates the motion of the distant stars to the local inertial frame.
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The synodic day is distinguished from the sidereal day, which is one complete rotation in relation to distant stars.
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For practical purposes, reference frames that are unaccelerated with respect to the distant stars are regarded as good approximations to inertial frames.
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In this example, the distant stars seem to be revolving faster and faster as one moves further away.
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In the context of this album, however, the images of sun and water and distant stars also take on spiritual connotations.
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As the name implies, a riometer measures the opacity of the ionosphere to radio noise emanating from distant stars and galaxies.
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