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# exoplanet

noun (an exoplanet, exoplanets)

«exoplanet» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An exoplanet is a planet that goes around a star other than our Sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exoplanet/#m1)

### In the lessons

In space science, thousands of exoplanets have been found, mostly by spotting a star dimming as a planet passes in front. Scientists look for exoplanets in the «Goldilocks zone», where water could be liquid. No life has been found on any exoplanet so far.

### Examples

- Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exoplanet/#x1)
- An exoplanet orbits a faraway star. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exoplanet/#x2)
- Some exoplanets are giant balls of gas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exoplanet/#x3)
- Could an exoplanet have life? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exoplanet/#x4)
- The telescope spotted an exoplanet by watching its star dim. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exoplanet/#x5)
- The exoplanet is too far away to visit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exoplanet/#x6)

### Note

Use «an». «Exo-» means outside (outside our solar system).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «exoplanet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exoplanet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«exoplanet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/exoplanet.html) on Mova free.