heavenly body
Example Sentences
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One would think Tonatiuh’s mother knew he was destined to become a star when naming him after the brightest heavenly body.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
As the planets and the sun orbit listeners’ and viewers’ “head,” each heavenly body emerges with a distinct pitch and instrument that corresponds with their motions—for example, Jupiter features a rumbling bass trombone.
From Scientific American • Jan. 5, 2023
Aldrin, seated next to Neil Armstrong, became the first person to celebrate a religious sacrament on a heavenly body outside Earth.
From Fox News • Jul. 18, 2019
But what could one do to mark the first time human beings landed on another heavenly body?
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2016
Twenty-one hours on the surface of the Moon for two astronauts in the lunar lander, while the service module circled the heavenly body in a parking orbit.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
