What is microlensing?
A) the beaming of radiation by accretion disks
B) the use of small telescopes to enhance contrast by eliminating scattered light
C) the focusing of starlight by the gravitational fields of "small" objects like planets or brown dwarfs
D) the focusing of starlight by planetary atmospheres
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