| Change log entry 64939 | |
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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2018-01-06 10:58:57 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 61514 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> 1) ii ------------------------- 2) Caps needed in the pinyin. ------------------------- 3) There are four possible senses for "first satellite of Mars" that I can think of: a) it's a literal interpretation of the three characters of the word 火衛一 b) Phobos became a satellite of Mars before Mars's other moon, Deimos. (The theory is that they were both captured by Mars from the asteroid belt.) c) Phobos is first because a planet's moons are numbered from innermost to outermost when listed. d) Phobos was the first moon of Mars to be discovered. - I think (a) was probably intended, but if so, it's misleading (because it's ambiguous). - A user could easily assume (b) is the intended meaning. But if (b) was intended, it doesn't belong in our definition (too encyclopedic), and in any case, astronomers don't know which of the two moons was captured from the asteroid belt first. They don't even know for sure that the "asteroid capture" theory is correct: "many are examining the idea that the moons formed in orbit around Mars, accreting from debris in the aftermath of a big impact". - If (c) was intended, it would be clearer to say "innermost satellite of Mars". - If (d) was intended, it's wrong. Deimos was discovered several days before Phobos. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Mars ------------------------- 4) Example of usage of 火卫 ~ 其中一项提出一个环绕火星的航天器，让其对两个火卫做几次近低空飞越； |
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- 火衛一 火卫一 [huo3 wei4 yi1] /Phobos (first satellite of Mars)/ + 火衛一 火卫一 [Huo3 wei4 Yi1] /Phobos (moon of Mars), aka Mars I/ + 火衛二 火卫二 [Huo3 wei4 Er4] /Deimos (moon of Mars), aka Mars II/ + 火衛 火卫 [huo3 wei4] /moon of Mars/ |