哈雷彗星

HāléiHuìxīng

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Meanings

1 Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)
2 the most famous short-period comet, returning to the inner solar system every ~76 years

Characters

Hal- (phonetic)

thunder (used phonetically: '-ley')

Examples

哈雷彗星每七十六年回归一次。

Hāléi Huìxīng měi qīshíliù nián huíguī yí cì.

Halley's Comet returns every seventy-six years.

下一次看到哈雷彗星要等到2061年。

Xià yí cì kàn dào Hāléi Huìxīng yào děng dào èrlíngliùyī nián.

We'll have to wait until 2061 to see Halley's Comet again.

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history

Named after English astronomer Edmond Halley (哈雷, 1656–1742), who in 1705 noticed comets in 1531, 1607 and 1682 had nearly identical orbits and predicted the return in 1758. He didn't live to see it confirmed, but the comet has borne his name since.

Stroke Order

哈 hā

雷 léi

彗 huì

星 xīng