Multiple Choice
Super-Earths are:
A) planets that are most earthlike, likely to harbor life.
B) planets that are a few times the mass of the Earth.
C) planets that have earthlike masses, but orbit much closer to their star than the Earth does tothe Sun.
D) any rocky (or terrestrial) planet.
E) Earth-mass planets that are much lower in density than the Earth, giving them larger radii.
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