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planetokhod|ˈplænɪtəkɒd, -xɒd|
Also Planetokhod.
[a. Russ. planetokhód, f. planéta planet n.1 (after lunokhod).]
A Russian self-propelled vehicle for transmitting information about another planet as it travels over its surface.
1970Times 18 Nov. 1 The vehicle is called Lunokhod-1... Soviet scientists are predicting that other such vehicles, named Planetokhod or Marsokhod, will eventually move over the surface of the Planets. 1973Nature 23 Mar. 219/2 His remarks relating to the possible ‘planetokhod’ exploration of Venus and the outer planets seem highly speculative. |