Exoplanets That Do NOT Orbit Any Star Are Believed to Have

question 4

Multiple Choice

Exoplanets that do NOT orbit any star are believed to have

• A) been ejected from their host stars during supernova explosions.
• B) formed in binary systems.
• C) formed without any nearby stars in molecular clouds.
• D) been ejected from their host stars through collisions with planetesimals.

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Definitions:

Denseness

A measure of the compactness or crowding of objects within a given area or volume.

Slope

The measure of the steepness or inclination of a line, often describing the rate of change between two variables.

Simple Linear Regression

A statistical method that allows us to summarize and study relationships between two continuous (quantitative) variables.

Standard Error

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a sampling distribution.