| Definition | one who studies planets |
| OED requirements | antedating 1937 |
| Earliest cite | E. E. Smith 'Galactic Patrol' |
| Comment | Mike Christie submitted a 1937 cite from E.E. Smith's "Galactic Patrol". Mike Christie submitted a 1949 cite from Poul Anderson's "Entity". Mike Christie submitted a 1941 cite from E.E. Smith's "Second Stage Lensman". Douglas Winston submitted a cite from a 1970 reprint of Poul Anderson's "After Doomsday". Mike Christie verified this in its 1961 original publication in Galaxy.
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| Last modified | 6 July, 2008 |