Question 1
What is the general name for a planet that orbits a star other than the Sun?
- Exoplanet
- Comet
- Moon
- Asteroid
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Exoplanet
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Exoplanets trivia quiz
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What the Exoplanets questions cover
- Atmospheres
- Detection
- Direct Imaging
- Discoveries
- Planet Types
- Pulsar Planets
- Microlensing
- Missions
- Astrometry
- Binary Worlds
- Detection Methods
- Habitability
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Question 2
Which technique finds distant worlds by measuring a star's slight, repeating dimming?
- Direct imaging
- Transit method
- Radial velocity method
- Microlensing
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Transit method
Question 3
Which technique detects a planet by measuring the tiny back-and-forth motion of its host star?
- Direct imaging
- Microlensing
- Radial velocity method
- Transit method
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Radial velocity method
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