home star

Spanish translation: sol

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English term or phrase:home star
Spanish translation:sol
Entered by: Jose Ramon Biau Gil

20:58 Jul 5, 2007
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Science - Aerospace / Aviation / Space
English term or phrase: home star
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the thought that a truly advanced society might create a giant solar-cell array around its home star, providing an incredibly large energy source to fuel the good life

Is it a simple as estrella de casa?
Anabel Granados
United States
Local time: 13:17
sol
Explanation:
"its home star" >> "su sol" or "su estrella solar". The way I understand the text, it refers to the sun this civilization has (it is supposed they have one and only one). I have no idea of existing more technical terms, but I am no astronomer.
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Jose Ramon Biau Gil
Spain
Local time: 22:17
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5nuestra estrella
María Diehn
3sol
Jose Ramon Biau Gil
3el sol
jack_speak


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sol


Explanation:
"its home star" >> "su sol" or "su estrella solar". The way I understand the text, it refers to the sun this civilization has (it is supposed they have one and only one). I have no idea of existing more technical terms, but I am no astronomer.

Jose Ramon Biau Gil
Spain
Local time: 22:17
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
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el sol


Explanation:
El "home star" de un mundo es el sol.

"...workings and life-cycle of our home star, the sun, are also addressed, along with its influence on Earth and its eventual death. New data indicates..."



    Reference: http://library.thinkquest.org/C002091/
    Reference: http://www.physics.brown.edu/physics/demopages/Demo/videos/C...
jack_speak
Local time: 16:17
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nuestra estrella


Explanation:
El sol es ***nuestra estrella***, es decir, la estrella a llrededor de la cual gira la tierra, "giramos" ...

http://www.astro-digital.com/11/sol.html

Example sentence(s):
  • A planet is basically a body that revolves around a home star. The Astronomical League hosts a Planetary Observers Club for those who want to hone their ...
  • " EL Sol, nuestra estrella". Somos por lo tanto muy afortunados de vivir en un planeta cuya estrella madre, nuestro Sol, ha vivido tiempo suficiente para que se desarrollara la vida. ...

    Reference: http://www.eaaa.net/astroterms.htm
    Reference: http://www.iaa.csic.es/~eperez/EvQuim/Sol.html
María Diehn
United States
Native speaker of: Spanish
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