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Each item describes a characteristic that applies to one of the three planet-detection methods shown following.
Match the items to the correct planet-finding method.
Doppler Method:
1. Used for the most of the first 200 extrasolar planet detections
2. Currently best suited to find Jupiter sized extrasolar planets orbiting close to their stars
Transit Method:
1. Planet detection strategy of NASA's Kepler Mission
2. Looks for very slight, periodic dimming of a star
3. Allows for the extrasolar planets radius to be determined
4. Can potentially detect planets in only a few percent of all planetary systems
5. this method was first to identify Earth-sized extrasolar planets
Astrometric Method:
1. Measures precise changes in a stars position in the sky in fractions of arc seconds
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