This near view offers astronomers a relatively local test bed for studying intense star formation processes that are usually hard to observe in detail because of their great distance from us.

如此之近的距离足以为天文学家提供一块相对局部的试验田，去研究激烈的恒星形成过程，通常因为距离太过遥远，这种过程的细节很难被观测到。

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So the point on the edge must rotate much faster to cover that 50 in. in 1.8 seconds than the point near the center, which has to cover less than a fifth of the distance in the same time.

因此，边缘上的点每1.8秒必须比中心的点多转50英寸，使它不得不在同样的时间里覆盖不到五分之一的距离。

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In the distance, there was a line of clouds at the horizon, and I knew that that Prudhoe Bay was near.

在远处，有一个系列的云彩在地平线上，我知道，这是普拉德霍湾附近。

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Following the recent emergence of studies finding high levels of coronary plaque in marathon runners, sports medicine is debunking the myth that distance running confers near-absolute protection against heart disease.

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Using the former, players smooth a path from near their ball to the hole, and place their ball in the path to putt, making sure that the distance to the hole is the same as from their original lie.

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