Why has direct imaging found so few exoplanets?
A) Direct imaging is only possible using military satellites.
B) Direct imaging only works if the planet is orbiting a brown dwarf.
C) Only a few attempts have been made to directly image an extrasolar planet.
D) Exoplanets are faint and are usually close to their parent stars.
D
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