Which detection method finds exoplanets by using a foreground star's gravity as a lens?
Answer
Gravitational microlensing
Which detection method finds exoplanets by using a foreground star's gravity as a lens?
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Which telescope first spotted the planetary-mass companion 2M1207b in 2004?
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Very Large Telescope
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What is the term for the star-centered region where a planet could have liquid water on its surface?
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Habitable zone
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Around which PDS 70 planet was the first moon-forming circumplanetary disk detected?
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PDS 70c
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What official proper name is used for the exoplanet Iota Draconis b?
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Hypatia
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PDS 70b was the first confirmed directly imaged example of what forming planet type?
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Protoplanet
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Kepler-11 was the first discovered exoplanet system with how many transiting planets?
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Six