Sentences with phrase «other celestial bodies like»

Online reader Abhishek wondered if waste flushed into space could make its way to other celestial bodies like the moon or Mars.

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Using the position of celestial bodies and earthbound landmarks whose latitude was known, astronomer Jean - Dominique Cassini and his son Jacques calculated in the early 18th century that the length of a degree of latitude seemed to increase slightly as they traveled south, indicating that Earth was pulled in at the equator, or as others quipped, like a «potbellied man wearing a tight belt.»