exoplanet
noun/ˈɛksoʊˌplænət/US/ˈɛksəʊˌplænɪt/UK
Etymology
Constructed from Ancient Greek: exo- (“outside; extrasolar”) + planet.
Definitions
A planet which exists outside Earth's solar system.
- More such announcements will likely come in the months to follow, as the first space observatory dedicated to hunting exoplanets, called COROT, begins full operation and researchers complete their calculations.
- In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for exoplanet. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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