Which of the Following Exoplanets Would Be Easiest to Detect

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following exoplanets would be easiest to detect using the transit method?

• A) an Earth-sized planet orbiting close to its parent star, viewed "edge-on"
• B) a Neptune-sized planet orbiting close to its parent star, viewed "edge-on"
• C) a Saturn-sized planet orbiting far from its parent star, viewed "face-on"
• D) a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting far from its parent star, viewed "face-on"

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