What Is Microlensing

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Multiple Choice

What is microlensing?

• A) the beaming of radiation by accretion disks
• B) the use of small telescopes to enhance contrast by eliminating scattered light
• C) the focusing of starlight by the gravitational fields of "small" objects like planets or brown dwarfs
• D) the focusing of starlight by planetary atmospheres

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