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planetology Astr.|plænɪˈtɒlədʒɪ|
[f. planet n.1 + -ology.]
The study of the planets and their evolution.
1907P. Lowell in Century Mag. Nov. 113 Planetology we may call this science of the making of worlds, since it concerns itself with the life-history of planetary bodies from their chemically inert beginning to their final inert end. 1959Wall St. Jrnl. 25 July 8/2 ‘We believe lunar science, or planetology, is here to stay,’ he says. 1973Nature 18 May 121/1 Planetology, with several tens of papers on the Moon, Mars and the Allende Meteorite, profited particularly this year.
Hence planetoˈlogic, planetoˈlogical adjs., of or pertaining to planetology; planeˈtologist, an expert or specialist in planetology.
1908Century Mag. Feb. 505/1 This gives us a most instructive glimpse into one planetologic process. 1933O.E.D. Suppl., Planetologist. 1966Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. CXL. 289 For the planetologist, it seems very important to be able to measure, even approximately, the relative amounts of oxygen, silicon, and aluminum in the surface layers of the planets. 1969[see planetesimal a. and n. A]. 1975Nature 7 Aug. 455/3 The development of a cratering chronology was one of the principal challenges to comparative planetologists studying impact bombardment of the terrestrial planets. 1976Ibid. 22 Jan. 176/1 G. Wetherill's..time scale and planetological-geological framework for the early Precambrian seemed generally accepted. |