Which sentence best shows the author’s intent to describe the type of information the
Kepler mission is gathering?
A “The astronomical telescope observes, from a fixed position, more than 100,000
sun-like stars at the same time.” (lines 11 and 12)
B “Some of this data includes the period of a planet’s orbit around its star, the mass
of the star, the size of the star, the size of the planet. . . .” (lines 14 through 16)
C “Interpreting data from transits provides a limited amount of information, however.”
(line 17)
D “For example, the mass and density of the planets cannot be determined until
scientists conduct further research. . . .” (lines 17 through 19)