extrasolar

adj 2

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ADJ.

chemical, known, planetary

VERB + EXTRASOLAR

called, detail, find, jupiter-sized

EXTRASOLAR + NOUN

anything, atmospheres, candidates, life, origin, planet, planets, planets'

PREP.

ADV.

actually, also

Definitions

adj

of or originating outside the Solar System.

Some comets are thought to have an extrasolar origin.

of or originating in a system other than Earth's, the solar system.

A four-inch telescope was once used to find an extrasolar planet.

Of course, no one has any idea whether the extrasolar life is anything more than a few trillion microbes.

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Some comets are thought to have an extrasolar origin.

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A four-inch telescope was once used to find an extrasolar planet.

Wiktionary

Of course, no one has any idea whether the extrasolar life is anything more than a few trillion microbes.

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Hundreds of extrasolar planets have been discovered.

Tatoeba · #1647665

Overall, Kepler has added more than 1,200 confirmed planets to the extrasolar planet count, which now stands at nearly 3,700.

Tatoeba · #6285300

Hubble made one of the first visible-light images of an extrasolar planet circling the nearby, bright star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years from Earth.

Tatoeba · #6285302

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