LHS 1140 b was discovered in 2017 by which ground-based exoplanet survey?
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MEarth Project
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LHS 1140 b was discovered in 2017 by which ground-based exoplanet survey?
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MEarth Project
About how many Earth days does Kepler-186f take to orbit its star?
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129.9 days
Kepler-16b was the first unambiguous confirmed planet orbiting how many stars?
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Two
In standard exoplanet naming, what lowercase letter is usually assigned to the first planet found around a star?
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b
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About how many Earth days does Kepler-186f take to orbit its star?
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129.9 days
Which detection method finds exoplanets by measuring Doppler shifts in a star's spectrum?
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Radial velocity
Which detection method finds exoplanets by watching a star dim as a planet crosses in front?
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Transit photometry
What class of close-orbiting gas giant is 51 Pegasi b the prototype for?
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Hot Jupiter
Which official IAU name belongs to the pulsar planet PSR B1257+12 c?
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Gliese 667 Cc orbits which star in a triple-star system?
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Gliese 667 C