Most Extrasolar Neptunes and Jupiters Found to Date Have

question 24

Multiple Choice

Most extrasolar Neptunes and Jupiters found to date have:

• A)orbits very close to their parent stars, making them hot Neptunes and hot Jupiters.
• B)orbits that are more eccentric than those of planets in our solar system, with eccentricitiesgreater than 0.1.
• C)orbits that are less eccentric than those of planets in our solar system, with eccentricities lessthan 0.01.
• D)much larger orbits than the jovian planets in our solar system.

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