planetary science

noun

planetary scientist noun

Examples of planetary science in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The largest spacecraft the agency has ever built for a planetary science mission, the probe lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Denise Chow, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2024 All while Congress had slashed its planetary science budget almost in half compared with a decade prior. Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024 Despite the setbacks, NASA continues to see Mars Sample Return as its top priority in planetary science. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 16 Apr. 2024 His writing on the Earth, space, and planetary sciences has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Quanta Magazine, National Geographic, Scientific American, and elsewhere. Robin George Andrews, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for planetary science 

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Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of planetary science was in 1969

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“Planetary science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planetary%20science. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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