Imagine you are playing with a big ball, but this ball is much, much bigger than any ball you've ever seen before. This ball is so big that it's not just a ball, but it's actually a whole planet, like Earth that we live on!
Now, let's say you use your imagination to create a brand new planet that exists only in your mind. This planet doesn't really exist in the real world, but you can still imagine what it would be like.
This is what we mean by a hypothetical planetary object - something that is created in someone's mind as a possibility, but has not yet been discovered or proven to exist in real life. Scientists use hypothetical planetary objects to help them understand how planets form and evolve over time, and to make predictions about what kinds of planets might exist in other parts of the universe.
So, just like you can use your imagination to create your own perfect planet, scientists can use their knowledge and creativity to imagine new planets and planet-like objects that could exist out there in space. And who knows, maybe one day some of these hypothetical planetary objects will actually be discovered for real!