English Dictionary

Thule

固有名詞

The smaller lobe of the trans-Neptunian object Ultima Thule, a contact binary object.

日本語の意味

Ultima Thuleという、接触連星型のトランスネプチューン天体において、より小さい側の部分を指す名称。

Thule's small, potato-shaped lobe revealed clues about the formation of contact binary objects.

海王星以遠にある接触連星の小さい方のこぶは、芋のような形をしていて、接触連星の形成に関する手がかりを明らかにした。

意味（1）

The smaller lobe of the trans-Neptunian object Ultima Thule, a contact binary object.

For the purposes of discussion, MU₆₉’s larger and smaller lobes have been informally designated “Ultima” and “Thule,” respectively, by the New Horizons team. Ultima and Thule have best-fit measured diameters of ~19.5 and ~14.2km, respectively, with errors of only a few percent at this time.