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'''''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 which are also found in the Solar System. The terms for extrasolar examples of Solar System bodies are:

'''* [[Extrasolar''' mayplanet]], also called refera to:"exoplanet"

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

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

* [[Extrasolar PlanetsX-ray Encyclopaediasource astrometry]]

* [[Discoveries of extrasolar planets]]

* [[Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia]]

* [[Extrasolar X-ray source astrometry]]

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

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

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

* [[Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search]]

* [[List of extrasolar planet extremes]]

* [[List of extrasolar planet firsts]]

* [[List of extrasolar planets]]

* [[List of unconfirmed extrasolar planets]]

* [[Methods of detecting extrasolar planets]]