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extrasolar

  • adjective

of or originating outside the Solar System.

Example

“Some comets are thought to have an extrasolar origin.”

Other meanings

  1. 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.”

Related words

  • extrasolar planet
  • extrasolar system

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “extrasolar” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.