Why is it easier to use Doppler shifts to discover binary stars than to discover planets orbiting other stars?
A) The orbital periods of binary stars are longer than those of planets
B) The Doppler shifts are very small in the case of planets
C) For planets the shifts are so large they shift the lines out of the visible
D) Stars orbited by planets do not generally show spectral lines
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