Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is not true about the planets so far discovered around other stars?
A) Most of them are much more massive than Earth.
B) Photographs reveal that most of them have atmospheres much like that of Jupiter.
C) Many of them orbit closer to their star than Jupiter orbits the Sun.
D) Many of them have been discovered by observing Doppler shifts in the spectra of the stars they orbit.
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