What Is a Major Limitation in the Doppler Method for Detecting

question 66

Multiple Choice

What is a major limitation in the Doppler method for detecting extrasolar planets?

• A) it is better at finding massive planets like Jupiter rather than small planets like the Earth
• B) it is best suited to finding planets which orbit relatively close to their star
• C) it requires the use of fairly large telescopes and long exposures which limits the number of star that can be studied
• D) all of these are major limitations

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