The Astronomer Royal, who ought to know, tells me that the earth is round.

英国格林威治皇家天文台台长总该是权威了，他告诉我说地球是圆的。

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I got two letters from the Astronomer Royal thanking me for writing about meteors.

皇家天文家学会给我写过两封信，感谢我写去关于流星的信。

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Martin Rees, the astronomer royal, calls the search for extraterrestrial life the most important scientific endeavour of our time.

皇家天文学家，马丁·里斯认为：搜寻外星生命，这是我们这个时代最重要的科学探索。

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The next Royal Astronomer, Edmund Halley, spent another forty years gathering information about the moon's orbit.

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In seventeen sixty-six, Royal Astronomer Nevil Maskelyne published the Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris.

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The trophy was presented to the Manchester team by the Astronomer Royal Professor Martin Rees.

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The first Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed, compiled the most accurate star catalogue of his day as part of this attempt (though the solution was eventually provided by John Harrison, a clock maker who designed a timepiece that was robust enough to withstand the rigours of sea travel, and was thus able to substitute for the stars in the relevant calculations).

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John Flamsteed became the first Astronomer Royal.

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