planetographer

English

Etymology

From planet +‎ -o- +‎ -grapher, perhaps modelled off of cartographer.

Noun

planetographer (plural planetographers)

1. (chiefly science fiction) Someone who studies planetography ("the branch of astronomy concerned with the description of the physical features of planets").
   • 2008, Charles Stross, Saturn's Children: A Space Opera, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 269:

     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.

Related terms

• planetographic
• planetography

 

References

• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “planetographer, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.