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)

a

D "For example, the mass and density of the planets cannot be determined until

scientists conduct further research. . " (lines 17 through 19)