The Big Surprise About the First Planet Discovered Around Another

question 21

Multiple Choice

The big surprise about the first planet discovered around another regular star was that it

• A) was smaller than Mercury or Pluto in our own solar system
• B) orbited so close to its star it took only 4 days to go around
• C) had a mass greater than that of most stars
• D) had a spectrum which indicated it was made of elements we never find on Earth
• E) was inhabited by intelligent creatures which never had to take astronomy exams

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