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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. astronomy, planetology A planet which exists outside Earth's solar system.
Etymologies
- Constructed from Ancient Greek: exo- + planet. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Smallest exoplanet is shown to be a solid, rocky world.”
“Until Wednesday, the highest value Laughlin assigned to an exoplanet, which is what astronomers call a planet outside our solar system, was a measly $158.”
The Huffington Post: NASA Spots 54 Potentially Life-Friendly Planets
“Meanwhile, Hubble confirms methane on the atmosphere of an exoplanet, which is getting sexed up by the media as potential extraterrestrial life.”
“The so-called exoplanet may be rocky like Earth but its temperature is so high it could be covered in lava or water vapour, according to findings from a mission led by the French Space Agency.”
“Reporting the discovery of the so-called exoplanet, scientists say the planet orbits a small star about 40 light years from the earth, opening up "dramatic new perspectives in the quest for hospitable worlds.”
“Gliese 581 C is the smallest extrasolar planet, or "exoplanet," discovered to date.”
“The discovery of a Jupiter-like "exoplanet" orbiting the star VB 10 is the first to be made using the astrometry method.”
“Geoffrey Marcy, an astronomer at the University of California in Berkeley, said the extrasolar planet or "exoplanet" provides "the most watertight evidence so far for a planet that is something like our own Earth outside our solar system".”
“Evidence suggests it has an atmosphere, and astronomers believe it to be more Earth-like than any "exoplanet" found outside the Solar System so far.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘exoplanet’.
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Planets!
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for exoplanet.
artoparts See: USPP & planemo. Oct 19, 2009
reesetee "Reaching a milestone in the search for Earth-like planets in the universe, two teams of astronomers say they have parted the curtains of space to take the first pictures of planets beyond our solar system. . . . Scientists compared the imaging of these so-called exoplanets to taking a picture from Los Angeles of a firefly buzzing around a searchlight in New York." -- Scientists take first photos of planets orbiting stars, LA Times, 11/14/08
Nov 14, 2008