Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Being or originating outside the solar system.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In astronomy, situated outside of or beyond the solar system.

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  • adjective astronomy Of or originating outside the Solar System
  • adjective astronomy Of or originating in a solar system other than Earth's

Etymologies

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extra- +‎ solar

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Examples

  • Yet until the 1990s, with the discovery of a star that wobbled suggesting it was being orbited by a large object, there was no concrete evidence that any of these so-called extrasolar planets existed.

    Take me to your leader Kylopod 2010

  • Yet until the 1990s, with the discovery of a star that wobbled suggesting it was being orbited by a large object, there was no concrete evidence that any of these so-called extrasolar planets existed.

    Archive 2010-04-01 Kylopod 2010

  • His lead character here is Paul Butler, now at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, who has been involved in scores of planet discoveries since the first so-called extrasolar planet was found in 1995.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • It is one of the lightest and smallest so-called extrasolar planets yet found, part of a growing class of planets that are less than 10 times the mass of Earth.

    NYT > Home Page By DENNIS OVERBYE 2010

  • That growth in knowledge is illustrated by the work done by Hubble on the distant worlds known as extrasolar planets.

    China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper 2010

  • Astronomers looking for planets encircling stars outside our solar system-known as extrasolar planets, or exoplanets-are claiming the first planetary detection

    Scientific American 2009

  • It is one of the lightest and smallest so-called extrasolar planets yet found, part of a growing class that is less than 10 times the mass of Earth.

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2009

  • It is one of the lightest and smallest so-called extrasolar planets yet found, part of a growing class of planets that are less than 10 times the mass of Earth.

    NYT > Home Page By DENNIS OVERBYE 2009

  • It is one of the lightest and smallest so-called extrasolar planets yet found, part of a growing class of planets that are less than 10 times the mass of Earth.

    Dad2059's Webzine of Science Fiction, Science Fact and Esoterica 2009

  • More than 300 so-called extrasolar planets have been found circling distant stars, making their discovery the hottest and fastest growing field in astronomy.

    International Herald Tribune - World News, Analysis, and Global Opinions By DENNIS OVERBYE 2008

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