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Verbal·Standard English Conventions·Form, Structure, and Sense

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The exoplanet Pi Mensae c was discovered using an indirect approach to planetary detection, the radial velocity method. Compared to that of the direct imaging method, __________ the effect these exoplanets have on nearby stars.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A

the detection of distant exoplanets, too dim to be observed in the radial velocity method’s vast zone of discovery, is based on

B

the radial velocity method’s zone of discovery is vast, as distant exoplanets too dim to be observed are detected by

C

the radial velocity method, with its vast zone of discovery, detects exoplanets that are too dim to be observed by

D

distant exoplanets too dim to be observed are detected within the radial velocity method’s vast zone of discovery through