planetographer
planetographer noun: someone who studies planetography ("the branch of astronomy concerned with the description of the physical features of planets").
Noun
planetographer (plural planetographers)
- Someone who studies planetography ("the branch of astronomy concerned with the description of the physical features of planets").
- In the century-plus since Eris was settled, we have already raised the temperature of its lithosphere by several degrees, just as we've thickened the atmosphere ot Callisto a thousandfold: if this goes on, the more annoyingly farsighted planetographers warn, we can look forward to an increased...2008, Charles Stross, Saturn's Children: A Space Opera, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 269
Forms of planetographer
| plural | planetographers |
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Origin of planetographer
From planet + -o- + -grapher, perhaps modelled off of cartographer.
Questions about planetographer
- What does planetographer mean?
- Planetographer means someone who studies planetography ("the branch of astronomy concerned with the description of the physical features of planets").
- What part of speech is planetographer?
- Planetographer is a noun.
- What is the plural of planetographer?
- The plural of planetographer is planetographers.
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