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A planet found outside of our solar system is called an "exoplanet" or "extrasolar planet"

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Is Xbox a planet?

It is a planet just outside our Solar System.


What is an extra solar planet?

a planet that exists outside of our 'solar system' (this is the only solar system, because our sun is named 'Sol')


What planet is just outside your solar system?

pluto


What Planet is outside our solar system?

None. By definition , our "solar system" is everything controlled by the gravity of our sun. The planets, their satellites, asteroids, dwarf planets, comets, interplanetary dust, and man-made satellites are "within" our solar system. Any "planet" outside out solar system is just that - OUTSIDE of it.


Is mercury an exoplanet?

No. An exoplanet is a planet outside of our Solar System.


What is the largest planet outside the solar system?

The largest planet outside our solar system is currently believed to be a gas giant known as WASP-17b, which is located about 1,000 light-years away from Earth. It is nearly twice the size of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system.


Is neptune inside or outside?

Neptune is a planet in our solar system and is located outside the orbit of Earth. It is the eighth planet from the Sun.


what is the biggest planet?

Jupiter is the biggest in our Solar System. Outside, the object is changing almost every day.


Is there anything outside our solar system?

There are things outside the solar system. Here are the nearest things outside our solar system, a small planet named Sedna, the Oort Cloud, and Proxima Centarui, a star 4.3 light years from earth.


What planet is outside the solar system?

As of 6 December 2016, there are 3,545 known planets outside the solar system. These orbit 2,660 different stars.


How long would it take to get to a planet outside our solar system?

A long time.


Can an exoplanet end up in our solar system?

No. BY definition, an exo-planet is OUTSIDE our solar system, orbiting some other star.