Sedna
词源链
- iu
ᓴᓐᓇ‘Inuit goddess, Mother of the Sea’
借入
- 英语English
Sedna
词源说明
Borrowed from Inuktitut ᓴᓐᓇ (sanna, “Inuit goddess, Mother of the Sea”).
The dwarf planet and the planitia are named after the goddess.
释义
专有名词proper noun
- 1(mythology, Inuit mythology) The Inuit goddess of the sea and marine animals.
- 2(astronomy) a dwarf planet whose eccentric detached orbit is wholly beyond the Kuiper belt.
- 3(astronomy) Ellipsis of Sedna Planitia: a plain on the planet of Venus