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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Tellus and Tellurian are actually considered more "correct" (from an etylomolgy standpoint, anyway) but were mostly supplanted with Terra/Terran by SF writers of the '50s. I see an alternate spelling (Terrane) is credited first from an 1881 sf(?) work, though.
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Even scientists don't always use etymologically correct words, though. For same strange reason, the correct adjective relating to Venus, "Venereal", seems to be rarely used by planetary scientists, with the horrible "Venusian" being favoured instead.