Hundreds of extrasolar planets have been discovered.
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Extrasolar
Synonyms for "extrasolar" (13 found)
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exoplanet system
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6 entriesextrasolar astronomyextrasolar diskextrasolar observationsextrasolar planetextrasolar planet formationextrasolar system
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The first extrasolar planet, Pegasi 51 b, was discovered by astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz of the University of Geneva, using the ELODIE spectrograph on the Observatoire de Haute-Provence telescope in France.
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In 2006, scientists launched the French CoRoT mission, the first space mission dedicated to the extrasolar planet hunt. The mission helped astronomers discover dozens more extrasolar planets.
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Another step forward in the search for extrasolar planets began with the launch in 2009 of the Kepler space observatory, NASA's first extrasolar mission. Kepler's goal was to search hundreds of thousands of stars for signs of planets.
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