Ariel
/ˈeərɪəl/1
- Astronomy a satellite of Uranus discovered in 1851, the twelfth closest to the planet and the fourth largest (diameter 1,160 km)【天文】天卫一。
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- a series of six American and British satellites devoted to studies of the ionosphere and X-ray astronomy (1962-79)天王星的六颗人造卫星（由美国和英国发射, 用于电离层及X射线天文学研究, 发射于1962-1979年间）。
词源
the name of a fairy in Shakespeare's The Tempest.