Astronomers Detect a Gas Giant Exoplanet Orbiting Its Host Star

question 49

Multiple Choice

Astronomers detect a gas giant exoplanet orbiting its host star on an eccentric orbit with a semimajor axis of 100 AU.This provides evidence for:

• A) hot Jupiters.
• B) eccentric disks.
• C) scattering.
• D) the snow line.

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