You are measuring how velocity changes with time of two stars like the Sun in order to detect their planets. Both stars have a velocity curve with a period of 2 years, but the maximum size (peak- to- peak amplitude) of the velocity curve of star A is 100 km/s, and for star B it is 200 km/s. What causes this difference? Assume the planets are named after their stars.
A) Planet A is more massive than Planet B.
B) Planet A is less massive than Planet B.
C) Planet A is farther from Star A than Planet B is to Star B.
D) Planet A is closer to Star A than Planet B is to Star B.
E) Not possible to say, since you're measuring the velocity curve of the stars, not the planets.
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