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Extra solar (or Exo) planets are planets that do not orbit the Sun.

Planets in our solar system orbit the Sun.

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Planets that circle stars other than earths sun are called?

exoplanets


What are the planets out of your solar system?

Planets that are not part of our solar system and in other solace systems are called exo-solar planets or exoplanets.


Are there any other planets other than the eight major planets of our solar system?

Over 900 planets have been discovered orbiting other stars. These are called exoplanets.


What is a exoplants?

Exoplanets refers to planets to that have been found orbiting stars other than the sun.


What is the distances between the sun and the other planets in the solar system?

The difference is that the sun is a star, the other planets are just planets


What are star planets called?

That doesn't make sense. There are stars, and there are planets. If you mean "planets around stars, other than the Sun", those are usually called "extrasolar planets" or "exoplanets".


A fundamental difference between Earth and the other planets is?

life


What is the difference between planets inside the Asteroid belt and planets outside?

The planets inside the steroid belt will get hit and the other planets will not.


Could other stars have a solar system?

Absolutely. We are finding more and more planets [Exoplanets] around other stars everyday.


How any planets are there?

There 8 proper planets in our solar system, and several planetoids, including Pluto. Any other planet-like world around other stars are called exoplanets.


Are there planets further than our solar system?

Yes. They are called "exoplanets" and they orbit other stars. They have only been detected recently.


What are the distant planets?

They're all distant. The gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn) are more distant than the inner planets (Mars, Venus). Exoplanets (planets around other stars are even (far) more distant.