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pale blue dot

pale blue dot proper noun: the planet Earth.

Proper noun

the pale blue dot

  1. The planet Earth.

Origin of pale blue dot

Referring to the Earth's appearance from space; Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken in 1990 by the Voyager 1 spacecraft from a record distance of about 6 billion kilometers and named by American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author Carl Sagan.

Questions about pale blue dot

What does pale blue dot mean?
Pale blue dot means the planet Earth.
What part of speech is pale blue dot?
Pale blue dot is a proper noun.

Words near pale blue dot in the dictionary

  1. pale ale
  2. pale ales
  3. pale as a ghost
  4. pale as death
  5. pale as milk
  6. pale blue dot
  7. pale by comparison
  8. pale chub
  9. pale clouded yellow
  10. pale clouded yellows
  11. pale face

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