Astronomers Have Used Radial Velocity Monitoring to Discover

question 4

Multiple Choice

Astronomers have used radial velocity monitoring to discover

• A) extrasolar planetary systems that are similar to our own Solar System.
• B) Mercury-sized planets around other stars.
• C) Earth-sized planets at distances of 10 AU from their parent stars.
• D) extrasolar planetary systems that contain more than one planet.
• E) all of the above

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