Multiple Choice
Which best describes the transit method?
A) observing changes in the brightness of the star when the orbiting planet crosses in front of the star
B) observing the magnification of a distant star's brightness by gravitational lensing when an extrasolar planet passes precisely between Earth and a background star
C) observing the back-and-forth motion that can be measured from Doppler shifts in a star's spectrum
D) observing the intensity of brightness from a newborn distant star
E) observing the magnification of a distant planet when it passes closely to our Solar System
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