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{{Short description|Any astronomical object that exists outside the Solar System}}

{{wiktionary|extrasolar }}

'''''Extrasolar''''' (From '''extra''', Latin for outside or beyond, and '''solar''', Latin for the [[Sun]]) is a term applied to any 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]]. It is only used for objects (aside from stars) which are also found in the Solar System. The terms for extrasolar examples of Solar System bodies are:

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

[[File:NASA-Exoplanet-WaterWorlds-20180817.jpg | thumb | right]]

An '''''Extrasolar''extrasolar object''' (From '''{{ety|la|extra''', Latin for |outside or beyond, and '''solar''', Latin for||solaris|of the [[Sun]]}}) is aan term applied to any[[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]]. It is only used for objects (aside from stars) which are also found in the Solar System. The terms for extrasolar examples of Solar System bodies are:

* [[Extrasolar planet]], also called an "exoplanet"

* [[Extrasolar moon]], also called an "exomoon"

* [[Exocomet]], an extrasolar comet

* [[Exoasteroid]], an extrasolar asteroid

* Extrasolar asteroid, with one identified as of 2013, orbiting [[GD 61]]

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.

==See also==

* [[ExtreterrestrialExtraterrestrial (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}}

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