planetary science

noun

: planetology

planetary scientist noun

Examples of planetary science in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But a slew of high-profile planetary science projects would suffer, too, with cancellations proposed for two future Venus missions, the Juno mission that is currently surveilling Jupiter, the New Horizons mission that flew by Pluto and two Mars orbiters. —Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 3 June 2025

Vial will discuss the film with Michael Manga, a professor at the University California, Berkeley’s department of earth and planetary science. —Abigail Lee, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025

Rights & Permissions Lee Billings is a science journalist specializing in astronomy, physics, planetary science, and spaceflight, and is a senior editor at Scientific American. —Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 May 2025

The discovery of its over-spilling cauldrons of lava is one of the most famous tales in planetary science, as they were predicted to exist before they were discovered. —Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for planetary science

• appliance
• compliance
• defiance
• reliance
• geoscience
• neuroscience
• noncompliance
• pseudoscience