astronomer

«astronomer» in Mova's school dictionary: a scientist who studies the stars, planets, moons… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an astronomer, astronomers)

meaning for a pupil

1) An astronomer is a scientist who studies the stars, planets, moons, comets, galaxies and everything else in space. tree →

2) An amateur astronomer is a person who watches the night sky as a hobby, often with a telescope. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons famous astronomers include Galileo, who used an early telescope to see the moons of Jupiter, and Copernicus, who said the Earth goes round the Sun. Astronomers use telescopes, satellites and computers. Children can be amateur astronomers by spotting constellations and the Moon's phases.

examples

• An astronomer studies the stars and planets. tree →
• Galileo was a famous Italian astronomer. tree →
• The astronomer looked through a giant telescope. tree →
• Astronomers have found planets around other stars. tree →
• My uncle is an amateur astronomer with his own telescope. tree →
• Astronomers named the new comet after its discoverer. tree →
• The astronomer explained why the Moon changes shape. tree →
• I want to be an astronomer when I grow up. tree →
• AN ASTRONOMER used to go out at night to observe the stars. tree →

note

Countable: an astronomer («an» before a vowel sound). Subject: astronomy; adjective: astronomical (also informal for «huge»: «astronomical prices»). Trap: an astrologer claims stars tell your future — that is not science; an astronomer is a real scientist. An astronaut travels into space.

In the corpora

• In 2006 astronomers reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet after finding other similar objects, and some scientists still argue about it.
• Pluto was called a planet until 2006, when astronomers made it a dwarf planet, so books printed before then list nine planets.
• Since 2006 astronomers have called Pluto a dwarf planet, though some scientists still argue about the definition.
• In 2006 astronomers decided Pluto is a dwarf planet, and many people changed their minds because of the new definition.
• Astronomers have found more than 6,000 planets around other stars.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «astronomer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.