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Incredibly remote extraterrestrial object (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meteor

'extraterrestrial object' is the definition.
(I know that meteor is a type of extraterrestrial object)

'incredibly remote' is the wordplay.
'incredibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'remote' anagrammed gives 'METEOR'.

(Other definitions for meteor that I've seen before include "Component of shower" , "streaker?" , "Small piece of matter in the solar system" , "Solar System body" , "Glowing body entering atmosphere" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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