Kepler is an orbiting telescope and was designed to search for Earth-sized planets.Which one of the following statements about Kepler is NOT true?
A) Planets,to be detected,must be in orbits more or less edge-on as viewed from Earth.
B) Kepler will search for the wobble of a star caused by an orbiting planet.
C) The dimming of distant stars as planets pass in front of them (which Kepler will do) has,in fact,been observed for relatively large planets.
D) Kepler will be able to monitor thousands of planets at once.
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