Full record for planetography n.
| Definition | the study of planets |
| OED requirements | antedating 1955 |
| Earliest cite | P. Anderson 'The Long Way Home' |
| Comment | Malcolm Farmer submitted a 1955 cite from Poul Anderson's "The Long Way Home"
There are early uses of this word from the 1730s, though the use in the science-fictional sense only goes back as far as 1960 (Analog magazine, October 1960). We would like cites antedating 1960 - in fact cites in any context dating from between 1735 and 1960. |
| Last modified | 6 July, 2008 |
Citations for planetography n.
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| 1955 Astounding Sci. Fiction Apr. 39/1 | Spent a hundred years external time knocking around, till I got a chance to make a comeback. Planetography's a sort of hobby with me, which is the only reason I come to your parties, Valti, you kettle-bellied old fraud. Tell me, captain, did you ever touch at Procyon? |
| 1997 J. A. Gardner Expendable (1997) iv. 68 | His programming skills were at least as good as mine, and his planetography intuition was superb. |