What is the purpose of the European CHEOPS mission?

A) to precisely measure the properties of known extrasolar planets
B) to discover new types of extrasolar planets unobservable with current instruments
C) to search for signals from alien civilizations
D) to search for new extrasolar planets throughout the entire sky


A

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