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- adjective astronomy Of or pertaining to an
exoplanet , a planet outside thesolar system
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PLATO PLAnetary Transit and Oscillations of stars would discover and characterize a large number of close-by exoplanetary systems, with a precision in the determination of mass and radius of 1%.
ESA's Tough Choice: Dark Matter, Sun Close Flyby, Exoplanets (Pick Two) | Universe Today 2010
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While astronomers haven't found a exoplanetary fit for life yet, they have found plenty that are too big, too hot, too cold, too dense, too close to their star, or too distant.
Wired Top Stories 2009
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While astronomers haven't found a exoplanetary fit for life yet, they have found plenty that are too big, too hot, too cold, too dense, too close to their star, or too distant.
Wired Top Stories 2009
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While astronomers haven't found a exoplanetary fit for life yet, they have found plenty that are too big, too hot, too cold, too dense, too close to their star, or too distant.
Wired Top Stories 2009
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This adds up to that exoplanetary biospheres must start out relatively benign even if they later turn harsh.
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The odd orbit of HAT-P-7b could have been caused by a number of different factors, and theorists that model the formation of exoplanetary systems will not have to "go back to the drawing boards".
Second Exoplanet with Retrograde Orbit Discovered | Universe Today 2009
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While astronomers haven't found a exoplanetary fit for life yet, they have found plenty that are too big, too hot, too cold, too dense, too close to their star, or too distant.
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It is also unlikely that exoplanetary bacteria analogs would be able to hit on extremophile proteins for cells walls from the start.
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"Earth's climate is affected slightly over tens of thousands of years by the orbits of other planets in the solar system, but it is possible that in many exoplanetary systems the layout of the planets is very important to habitability."
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One of the things plaguing the field of exoplanetary research today is the fact that data collected about planets orbiting other stars are not very clear-cut.
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