When Should We Know If Any Extra-Solar Planetary Systems Are

question 37

Multiple Choice

When should we know if any extra-solar planetary systems are like ours?

• A)in just a few years
• B)any day now,thanks to new,large,ground-based telescopes
• C)in a decade or two,through our current space missions
• D)We have already discovered several systems just like ours,through the Kepler mission.

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