Astronomy and Aerospace Vocabulary
The Planets - Die Planeten
An annotated English-German glossary
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Die Planeten - Alphabetisch
In German all of the planets are masculine (der) except for the two feminine planets: die Erde and die Venus. When talking about a planet in German, the article is often used: Der Mars ist der rote Planet. (“Mars is the red planet.”)
The planets listed alphabetically...
Earth die Erde
Jupiter der Jupiter
Mars der Mars
Mercury der Merkur
Neptune der Neptun
(Pluto) der Pluto - now officially a “dwarf planet” (ein Zwergplanet)*
Saturn der Saturn
Uranus der Uranus
Venus die Venus
Die Planeten - Sonnenordnung
The planets in solar order (outward from the sun)...
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, (Pluto)*
der Merkur, die Venus, die Erde, der Mars, der Jupiter, der Saturn, der Uranus, der Neptun, (der Pluto)
*Der Kuipergürtel: To date astronomers have discovered over a dozen objects in the Kuiper Belt (Kuipergürtel) that are classified as asteroids, planetoids, or dwarf planets. These include: Pluto, Charon (one of Pluto’s moons), Ceres, Sedna, Vesta, and 2003UB313 (“Xena”)—which is larger than Pluto.
Pluto’s Discovery and Downgrade
Hamburger Abendblatt
Excerpt of an article by Hans-Arthur Marsiske, 28 Aug. 2006
“Nach monatelangem Studium von Himmelsaufnahmen wurde Clyde Tombaugh am 18. Februar 1930 fündig: Auf Bildern tauchte ein schwach leuchtender Punkt an verschiedenen Stellen auf! Tombaugh hatte Pluto, den lange gesuchten neunten Planeten des Sonnensystems, gefunden. Es war 16 Uhr.
Ungefähr zur gleichen Tageszeit versammelten sich vergangenen Donnerstag Astronomen aus der ganzen Welt in Prag und entschieden: Es gibt im Sonnensystem nur acht Planeten. Pluto ist keiner mehr.” Mehr lesen...
English: After months of studying astronomical photographs [American astronomer] Clyde Tombaugh [1906-1997] made his discovery on February 18, 1930: In the pictures a dim dot appeared in different locations! Tombaugh had found Pluto, the long-sought-after ninth planet in the solar system. It was 4:00 pm.
At approximately the same time of day last Thursday, astronomers from all over the world gathered in Prague and made their decision: There are only eight planets in the solar system. Pluto is no longer one of them. - German from the Hamburger Abendblatt
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