planetfall

English

Etymology

From planet +‎ fall, by analogy with landfall.

Noun

planetfall

1. (science fiction) The arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of a planet.
   • 2024 August 12, Joe Saunders, “The Battle of Zab 9” (1:00 from the start), in Solar Opposites‎, season 5, episode 9, spoken by Screaming Grunt (Nick Reczynski):

     “Listen up, grunts. We'll be making planetfall in T-minus three minutes. You'll be joining the war against the Scourge, an alien race of soulless, ruthless automatons.”