adjectiveˌɛkstrəˈsəʊləˌɛkstrəˈsoʊlər
Found in or taking place outside the solar system.
at just 30 light years from Earth, it's one of the closest known extrasolar planets
many sci-fi authors have assumed that faster-than-light travel and/or extrasolar exploration would become possible in the future
Example sentencesExamples
- Nevertheless, this unique observing technique opens a new phase in the exploration of exoplanets, or extrasolar planets, say astronomers.
- By the early twenty-first century, extrasolar planets have been found orbiting almost seventy solar-mass stars in the nearby region of the galaxy.
- The first definitive extrasolar planet around a main sequence star was announced on 6 October 1995 by Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz; the star was 51 Pegasi.
- Based on extrasolar planet discoveries in our own stellar neighborhood, astronomers predicted that seventeen planets should have been discovered.
- The creation interpretation affects our understanding of the origin of our solar system and of extrasolar planets.
Origin
1950s: from extra- + solar1.
adjectiveˌekstrəˈsōlərˌɛkstrəˈsoʊlər
Found in or taking place outside the solar system.
at just 30 light years from Earth, it's one of the closest known extrasolar planets
many sci-fi authors have assumed that faster-than-light travel and/or extrasolar exploration would become possible in the future
Example sentencesExamples
- By the early twenty-first century, extrasolar planets have been found orbiting almost seventy solar-mass stars in the nearby region of the galaxy.
- The creation interpretation affects our understanding of the origin of our solar system and of extrasolar planets.
- Nevertheless, this unique observing technique opens a new phase in the exploration of exoplanets, or extrasolar planets, say astronomers.
- Based on extrasolar planet discoveries in our own stellar neighborhood, astronomers predicted that seventeen planets should have been discovered.
- The first definitive extrasolar planet around a main sequence star was announced on 6 October 1995 by Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz; the star was 51 Pegasi.
Origin
1950s: from extra- + solar.