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"text": "More such announcements will likely come in the months to follow, as the first space observatory dedicated to hunting exoplanets, called COROT, begins full operation and researchers complete their calculations.",
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"sense": "planet outside Earth's solar system",
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"sense": "planet outside Earth's solar system",
"word": "외계 행성"
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"sense": "planet outside Earth's solar system",
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"sense": "planet outside Earth's solar system",
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"word": "planeta pozasłoneczna"
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"sense": "planet outside Earth's solar system",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "planet outside Earth's solar system",
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"word": "planeta extrassolar"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "planet outside Earth's solar system",
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"roman": "vnesólnečnaja planéta",
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"word": "внесо́лнечная плане́та"
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"code": "sa",
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"word": "बहिर्ग्रह"
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"code": "ta",
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"sense": "planet outside Earth's solar system",
"word": "புறக்கோள்"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "planet outside Earth's solar system",
"word": "hành tinh ngoài hệ Mặt Trời"
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