planet v.
to land on or arrive at a planet; hence planeted adj.
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1945 Nomad in Astounding Science Fiction Jan. 169/1
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George O. Smith
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Fifty Terran machines raced forward and encircled the smoking ruin; and seven of the planeted constellation ships blasted a pathway back to safety.
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1946 Pattern for Conquest in Astounding Science Fiction Mar. 24/2
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George O. Smith
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A fleet that’s planeted for charging isn’t in the most admirable position for attack.
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1947 Command in Astounding Science Fiction Jan. 140/1
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Bernard I. Kahn
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They were having fresh, green vegetables from their own garden by the time they planeted at quarantine.
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1953 Star Rangers ii. 23
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Andre Norton
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That was the correct official order to be given when the ship planeted.
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1954 Exile in Astounding Science Fiction Jan. 31/1
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Everett B. Cole
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He had a couple of observer groups planeted, and one more check should complete his field work.
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1969 Toys of Tamisan in Worlds of If Apr. 26/2
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Andre Norton
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First things first; the ship had not yet planeted. But when it came she must make sure that she was among those who were preparing for its welcome.
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1981 I Have a Winter Reason in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine Mar. 25
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Melisa Michaels
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I…very quickly switched from natural coffee, which had seemed such an exotic treat when I first planeted, to the soy beer the rest of them were drinking.
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1994 Midnight Yearnings in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Aug. 36
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Rob Chilson
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Jan stood looking out over the waters of the bay, remembering the glorious time last summer when the tramp starship Rosa had planeted in unexpectedly.
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2015 Her Brother’s Keeper 273
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Mike Kupari
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She informed the warlord that she had arrived in system, and would be planeting on Zanzibar within the next several local days.
Research requirements
antedating 1945
Earliest cite
George O. Smith (writing as "Wesley Long"), 'Nomad'
Research History
Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1985 reprint of Andre Norton's 1955 'Last Planet'. Fred Galvin submitted a 1946 cite from George O. Smith's "Pattern for Conquest".
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