福克斯新闻 美航天局宣布发现迄今最像地球的行星

It was discovered by the Kepler spacecraft¹ and named Kepler-452b.

它是经开普勒太空望远镜确认，因此被命名为开普勒-452b行星。

It's of similar size to earth and is a similar distance from its star as Earth is to the sun.

它同我们的地球相似,而且其绕转的恒星也与太阳相似。

Though we won't be visiting any time soon…

虽然短时间内我们不会移民…

“It's about 1,400 light years from us, so pack your bags…it's a long trip.

“它距我们有1400光年,所以准备好你们的行李吧…这肯定是一次长途旅行。

It orbits² its star every 385 days.”

其公转周期为385天。

Meaning its year is 20 days longer than ours, says NASA's Jon Jenkins.

NASA的乔恩·詹金斯表示这代表着它比我们多20天时间。

And while it's the most Earth-like planet³ ever found, we won't know for sure that it could support life as we know it.

虽然这颗行星同地球最为相似,但我们不知道是否可以适宜人类居住。

1 spacecraft   

n.太空船，宇宙飞船

参考例句：

• There're three astronauts in the spacecraft.在这艘宇宙飞船里有三名宇航员。
• The spacecraft rounded the moon.宇宙飞船环绕月球飞行。

2 orbits   

轨道( orbit的名词复数 )； 势力范围

参考例句：

• The man-made satellite orbits the earth every 48 hours. 那颗人造卫星每48小时绕地球轨道运行一周。
• The earth orbits the sun once every 365.25 days. 地球每365.25天绕太阳轨道一圈。

3 planet   

n.行星

参考例句：

• Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun. 海王星是离太阳最远的行星。
• Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting our planet. 然而, 垃圾只是我们这个星球的污染问题的一个方面。