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The radial-velocity method detects the line-of-sight motion of a star as it orbits the common center of mass with an unseen planet.
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Star and planet both orbit their barycenter.
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The discovery of 51 Pegasi b and many subsequent planets came from periodic stellar Doppler signals.
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