Which best describes the transit method?
A) observing changes in the brightness of the star when the orbiting planet crosses in front of the star
B) observing the magnification of a distant star's brightness by gravitational lensing when an extrasolar planet passes precisely between Earth and a background star
C) observing the back-and-forth motion that can be measured from Doppler shifts in a star's spectrum
D) observing the intensity of brightness from a newborn distant star
E) observing the magnification of a distant planet when it passes closely to our Solar System
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