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'''"Extrasolar"'''{{Short isdescription|Any a term applied to anyastronomical object that exists outside the [[Solar System]].}}

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'''"Extrasolar"''' is a term applied to any object that exists outside the [[Solar System]].

{{Not to be confused with|Interstellar object}}

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An '''extrasolar object''' ({{ety|la|extra|outside or beyond||solaris|of the [[Sun]]}}) is an [[astronomical object]] that exists outside the [[Solar System]]. It is not applied to stars, or any other celestial object that is larger than a star or the Solar System, such as a [[galaxy]]. The terms for extrasolar examples of Solar System bodies are:

'''Extrasolar''' may refer to:

* [[Extrasolar moonplanet]], also called an "exomoonexoplanet"

* [[Extrasolar planetmoon]], also called an "exoplanetexomoon"

* [[Exocomet]], an extrasolar comet

*''Extrasolar planetary science'', also called [[exoplanetology]]

* [[Exoasteroid]], an extrasolar asteroid

Some Solar System object classes, such as [[minor planet]]s, [[dwarf planet]]s and [[Trans-Neptunian object]]s have not been detected outside the Solar System.

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==See also==

* [[Extraterrestrial (disambiguation)|Extraterrestrial]], referring to objects or phenomena existing within the Solar System, but not on Earth

* [[Extragalactic astronomy]], the study of objects outside the Milky Way Galaxy

* [[Interstellar object]], an object that has traveled through interstellar space, such as [[ʻOumuamua]], the first known example

* [[List of artificial objects leaving the Solar System]]

* [[Planetary system]], a set of gravitationally bound non-stellar objects in orbit around a star or star system

* {{Annotated link|Substellar object}}

[[Category:Astronomical nomenclature]]