Which of the Following Methods Has Led to the Most

question 61

Multiple Choice

Which of the following methods has led to the most discoveries of massive planets orbiting near their parent stars?

• A)detecting the starlight reflected off the planet
• B)detecting the infrared light emitted by the planet
• C)detecting the gravitational effect of an orbiting planet by looking for the Doppler shifts in the star's spectrum
• D)detecting the shift of the star's position against the sky due to the planet's gravitational pull
• E)detecting a planet ejected from a binary star system

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