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An `!extrasolar object`! (from `F33f`_`[Latin`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Latin_language]`_`f `* extra`* 'outside or beyond' and `* solaris`* 'of the `F33f`_`[Sun`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Sun]`_`f') is an `F33f`_`[astronomical object`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Astronomical_object]`_`f that exists outside the `F33f`_`[Solar System`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Solar_System]`_`f. It is not applied to stars, or any other celestial object that is larger than a star or the Solar System, such as a `F33f`_`[galaxy`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Galaxy]`_`f. The terms for extrasolar examples of Solar System bodies are:

• `F33f`_`[Extrasolar planet`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Extrasolar_planet]`_`f, also called an "exoplanet"

• `F33f`_`[Extrasolar moon`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Extrasolar_moon]`_`f, also called an "exomoon"

• `F33f`_`[Exocomet`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Exocomet]`_`f, an extrasolar comet

• `F33f`_`[Exoasteroid`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Exoasteroid]`_`f, an extrasolar asteroid

Some Solar System object classes, such as `F33f`_`[minor planets`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Minor_planet]`_`f, `F33f`_`[dwarf planets`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Dwarf_planet]`_`f and `F33f`_`[Trans-Neptunian objects`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Trans-Neptunian_object]`_`f have not been detected outside the Solar System.

>>See also

• `F33f`_`[Extraterrestrial`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Extraterrestrial_(disambiguation)]`_`f, referring to objects or phenomena existing within the Solar System, but not on Earth

• `F33f`_`[Extragalactic astronomy`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Extragalactic_astronomy]`_`f, the study of objects outside the Milky Way Galaxy

• `F33f`_`[Interstellar object`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Interstellar_object]`_`f, an object that has traveled through interstellar space, such as `F33f`_`[ʻOumuamua`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ʻOumuamua]`_`f, the first known example

• `F33f`_`[List of artificial objects leaving the Solar System`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=List_of_artificial_objects_leaving_the_Solar_System]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Planetary system`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Planetary_system]`_`f, a set of gravitationally bound non-stellar objects in orbit around a star or star system

• `F33f`_`[Substellar object`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Substellar_object]`_`f – Astronomical object without the mass to sustain hydrogen fusion

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