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US
/ˌpɫænəˈtɛɹiəm/
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[ UK /plˌænɪtˈeəɹiəm/ ]
[ UK /plˌænɪtˈeəɹiəm/ ]
NOUN
- an optical device for projecting images of celestial bodies and other astronomical phenomena onto the inner surface of a hemispherical dome
- a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling
- an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems
How To Use planetarium In A Sentence
- The observatory will be open to the public for the first time and the galleries will be located in the Victorian South Building, home of the old planetarium.
- The dome in the Hayden Planetarium, or in any other large planetarium, is an ideal theater for traveling along the simulated starways.
- So, in the past eight years, under his direction, the Bangalore Association for Science Education at the planetarium has helped young students start out on scientific careers.
- So you wonder who actually wrote that bit, when a planetarium is an excellent example of exciting science education for students, yet it's dismissed so casually more than once. Archive 2008-10-10
- The orchestration titled ‘28 moons’ is a complex arrangement reminiscent of an orrery, the model of the solar system that many planetariums display.
- Outside the planetarium were a number of science exhibits, including an environmental-themed multimedia presentation. Thursday, April 23 – The Bleat.
- The Planetarium was built in 1929 in the style of a classical temple.
- Cosmic Microwave Background: The New Cosmology and other elements of the AstroBulletin are made available to museums, science centers, planetariums, and other public spaces nationwide and around the world.
- H.R.Madhusudan, Science Educator at the Planetarium, said ice crystals in the earth's atmosphere caused the solar halo.
- Pas hadden we ook nog dat akefietje met het planetarium in Chigago, waar Obama geld voor wilde reserveren, hetgeen McCain maar grote onzin vond. 61 Nobel Laureates can’t be wrong
