extrasolar planet

plural extrasolar planets · alternative extra-solar planet

1. Synonym of exoplanet.

   The detection of extrasolar planets by direct imaging presents an extraordinary technical challenge.

   1994 March 17, J. R. P. Angel, “Ground-based imaging of extrasolar planets using adaptive optics”, in Nature, volume 368, number 6468, →DOI, page 203

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   Detecting extrasolar planets in reflected stellar radiation is an exceedingly challenging task due to the great faintness of planets as compared with stars.

   1990 October 28, Robert A. Brown, Christopher J. Burrows, “On the Feasibility of Detecting Extrasolar Planets by Reflected Starlight Using the Hubble Space Telescope”, in Icarus, volume 87, number 2, →DOI, page 484

   This interpretation called into question the reality of not just the 51 Peg planet, but also the other five detected extrasolar planets.

   1998 January 8, Geoffrey Marcy, “Back in focus”, in Nature, volume 391, →DOI, page 127

   Synonyms: exoplanet