extrasolar
adjective
ex·tra·so·lar
| \ ˌek-strə-ˈsō-lər
, -ˌlär\
, -ˌlär\
Definition of extrasolar
: originating or existing outside the solar system
extrasolar planets
Examples of extrasolar in a Sentence
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Currently, these ideas can be tested against the distribution of current planets in our solar system and extrasolar systems. — Quanta Magazine, "Stellar Disks Reveal How Planets Get Made," 21 May 2018 Keck was to have studied the extrasolar planet at the same time as the Hubble Space Telescope and a telescope on board the International Space Station. — Washington Post, "Amid protest, Hawaii astronomers lose observation time," 10 Aug. 2019 Another is the dynamics of rings around extrasolar planets. — Sarah Lewin, Space.com, "Massive Space Structures Have Surprising Connection to Quantum Mechanics Math," 5 Mar. 2018 Currently, these ideas can be tested against the distribution of current planets in our solar system and extrasolar systems. — Quanta Magazine, "Stellar Disks Reveal How Planets Get Made," 21 May 2018 Currently, these ideas can be tested against the distribution of current planets in our solar system and extrasolar systems. — Quanta Magazine, "Stellar Disks Reveal How Planets Get Made," 21 May 2018 Currently, these ideas can be tested against the distribution of current planets in our solar system and extrasolar systems. — Quanta Magazine, "Stellar Disks Reveal How Planets Get Made," 21 May 2018 This suggests that this extrasolar system formed from a cloud of material that was enriched by a supernova, or the death of a giant star called an asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star, the researchers said. — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, "Weird Stuff Swirls in Air of Huge, Puffy Alien Planet," 26 June 2018 Currently, these ideas can be tested against the distribution of current planets in our solar system and extrasolar systems. — Joshua Sokol, WIRED, "These Spinning Disks of Gas and Dust Reveal How Planets Get Made," 28 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'extrasolar.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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