Which of the Following Is FALSE

question 46

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is FALSE?

• A) Over 330 extra-solar planets have been discovered to date from radial velocity surveys.
• B) The most common type of extra-solar planet found to date has a few times the mass of Jupiter and lies within a few AU from its parent star.
• C) No extra-solar planets have been imaged directly to date;all have all been found by indirect methods.
• D) A star can brighten significantly due to gravitational lensing when a planet that orbits it passes directly in front of the star.

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