Planetographer
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 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 incidence ot icequakes and the threat of a year-round atmosphere."
Example
More examples"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 incidence ot icequakes and the threat of a year-round atmosphere."
Etymology
From planet + -o- + -grapher, perhaps modelled off of cartographer.
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