- An
exocomet, or
extrasolar comet, is a
comet outside the
Solar System,
which includes rogue comets and
comets that
orbit stars other than the Sun. The...
- also
called an "exoplanet"
Extrasolar moon, also
called an "exomoon"
Exocomet, an
extrasolar comet Exoasteroid, an
extrasolar asteroid Some
Solar System...
-
after billions of years.
Exocomets beyond the
Solar System have been
detected and may be
common in the
Milky Way. The
first exocomet system detected was around...
- (theoret.)
Earth analog Eccentric Jupiter Exomoon Tidally detached exomoon Exocomet Hot
Jupiter Hot
Neptune Rogue planet Ocean (theoret.)
Pulsar planet Super-Earth...
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detect at
great distances given their small size.
Besides exoplanets, "
exocomets",
comets beyond the
Solar System, have also been
detected and may be common...
- they are
thought to be
common components of
planetary systems. The
first exocomets were
detected in 1987
around Beta Pictoris, a very
young A-type main-sequence...
-
contribute to
preventing atmospheric collapse. Additionally,
impacts of
exocomets could resupply water to
Proxima Centauri b, if they are present. A number...
- 372M. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty2682. Schwarz, R.; et al. (November 2018). "
Exocomets in the
Proxima Centauri system and
their importance for
water transport"...
- WD 1425+540 (G200-39) is a
white dwarf that
accreted an
exocomet (exo-Kuiper Belt Object, exo-KBO). This is
evident from the
pollution of the
white dwarf...
- the
object could be a
remnant of a
disintegrated interstellar comet (or
exocomet), as
suggested by
astronomer Zdenek Sekanina.
Spectra from the Hale Telescope...
