Extrasolar object
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- Extrasolar planet, also called an "exoplanet"[2][3]
- Extrasolar moon, also called an "exomoon"
- Exocomet, an extrasolar comet[4]
- Exoasteroid, an extrasolar asteroid[5]
Some Solar System object classes, such as minor planets, dwarf planets and Trans-Neptunian object equivalents have not been detected outside the Solar System. Several exocomets have passed near or through the solar system, and are called interstellar interlopers.[4]
See also
- 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
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