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Extrasolar moon — An extrasolar moon, or exomoon, is a term that refers to a smaller, natural (non man made) satellite that orbits an extrasolar planet or other extrasolar body larger than itself. Definition of satellites around brown dwarfs While traditional… … Wikipedia
Methods of detecting extrasolar planets — Any planet is an extremely faint light source compared to its parent star. In addition to the intrinsic difficulty of detecting such a faint light source, the light from the parent star causes a glare that washes it out. For those reasons, only a … Wikipedia
exoplanet — noun A planet which exists outside Earths 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 … Wiktionary
