Why does radial velocity exoplanet detection have an observational bias toward massive planets that orbit close to their stars?

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More massive planets have a stronger gravitational effect on their stars

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Radial velocity studies usually focus on one star at a time

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Kepler's laws say that a planet that orbits close to its star will take longer to orbit

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Larger planets are brighter in reflected light than smaller planets

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