09. B-612 小行星（讲解）

节目文稿

I had thus learned a second fact of great importance: this was that the planet the little prince came from was scarcely any larger than a house!

But that did not really surprise me much. I knew very well that in addition to the great planets--such as the Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Venus--to which we have given names, there are also hundreds of others, some of which are so small that one has a hard time seeing them through the telescope. When an astronomer discovers one of these he does not give it a name, but only a number. He might call it, for example, "Asteroid 325."

I have serious reason to believe that the planet from which the little prince came is the asteroid known as B-612.

This asteroid has only once been seen through the telescope. That was by a Turkish astronomer, in 1909.



On making his discovery, the astronomer had presented it to the International Astronomical Congress, in a great demonstration. But he was in Turkish costume, and so nobody would believe what he said.

Grown-ups are like that . . .

语言点

- Earth：n. 地球
- Jupiter：n. 木星
- Mars：n. 火星
- Venus：n. 金星
- one：pron. 一个人
- telescope：n. 望远镜
- astronomer：n. 天文学家
- asteroid：n. 小行星
- astronomical：adj. 天文学的
- congress：n. 代表大会，国会
- demonstration：n. 示范
- costume：n. 服装；例：costume party 化妆派对

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