Which Best Describes the Transit Method

question 49

Multiple Choice

Which best describes the transit method?

• A) observing changes in the brightness of the star when the orbiting planet crosses in front of the star
• B) observing the magnification of a distant star's brightness by gravitational lensing when an extrasolar planet passes precisely between Earth and a background star
• C) observing the back-and-forth motion that can be measured from Doppler shifts in a star's spectrum
• D) observing the intensity of brightness from a newborn distant star
• E) observing the magnification of a distant planet when it passes closely to our Solar System

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