Which of the Following Statements Is Not True About the Planets

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is not true about the planets so far discovered around other stars?

• A)Most of them are much more massive than Earth.
• B)Photographs reveal that most of them have atmospheres much like that of Jupiter.
• C)Many of them orbit closer to their star than Jupiter orbits the Sun.
• D)Many of them have been discovered by observing Doppler shifts in the spectra of the stars they orbit.

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Meritocratic Mobility

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