Extraterrestrial Object (Noun)
Meaning
A natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- A team of astronomers studied the trajectory of an extraterrestrial object entering Earth's orbit.
- Scientists believed that an extraterrestrial object discovered last year might have been an alien spacecraft, but further research indicated it was just space debris.
- Tracking and locating an extraterrestrial object was difficult without sufficient equipment.
- Detecting extraterrestrial objects through their weak emission of light in deep space had long fascinated experts.
- Calculations made on a passing extraterrestrial object hinted that its destination could have been other parts of our solar system.