Astronomers Have Used Radial Velocity Monitoring to Discover

question 58

Multiple Choice

Astronomers have used radial velocity monitoring to discover

• A) extra-solar planetary systems that are similar to our own solar system.
• B) Earth-sized planets around other stars.
• C) Earth-sized planets at distances of 10 AU from their parent stars.
• D) extra-solar planetary systems that contain more than one planet.

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