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pale blue dot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables
pale blue -dot
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The planet Earth.

Etymology

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.

Inflected Forms

the pale blue dot (canonical)

Phrases

Blue Planet

Frequently Paired Words

Blue Planet

Questions

What does pale blue dot mean?
The planet Earth.
Where does pale blue dot come from?
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.

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