Which of the following statements is not true about the planets so far discovered around other stars?
A) Photographs reveal that most of them have atmospheres much like that of Jupiter.
B) Most of them are much more massive than Earth.
C) Many of them orbit closer to their star than Jupiter orbits the Sun.
D) Many of them have been discovered by observing Doppler shifts in the spectra of the stars they orbit.

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None of the exoplanets discovered so far have been directly imaged, so there are no photographs that reveal the nature of their atmospheres. Instead, scientists infer the atmospheres of exoplanets indirectly through techniques such as transit photometry and spectroscopy.

Which of the Following Statements Is Not True About the Planets