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extrasolar

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ex·tra·so·lar  (kstr-slr)
adj.
Being or originating outside the solar system: an extrasolar planet.

extrasolar [ˌɛkstrəˈsəʊlə]
adj
(Astronomy) occurring or existing beyond the earth's solar system


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Feeling the heat of an extrasolar planet" (SN: 10/28/06, p.
HAT-P-1b is an extrasolar planet, which means it exists outside our solar system.
Since 1995, Marcy and a team of astronomers at the University of California at Berkeley have sleuthed out 25 extrasolar (outside our solar system) planets (see SW 9/6/99).
 
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