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- noun astronomy The search for, and study of,
exoplanets
Etymologies
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From exo- + planetology
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This has led to the establishment of a new branch within planetary science dubbed exoplanetology or exoplanet science.
The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe 2009
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This has led to the establishment of a new branch within planetary science dubbed exoplanetology or exoplanet science.
The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe 2009
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But if you really want to start to do serious comparative exoplanetology of systems we can study later, let alone study systems that may ultimately contain a detectable Earth-like (not just Earth * mass*) planet, then it's not.
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