The Most Probable Time Sequence for the Solar System's Formation

question 47

Multiple Choice

The most probable time sequence for the solar system's formation was that the

• A) Sun formed initially,and the planets and major moons were captured much later as they drifted by the Sun.
• B) planets formed first out of the cold gas and dust nebula,followed by the Sun,which formed when the gas had become much hotter.
• C) Sun formed first,the planets were spun off from the Sun,and the moons in turn were spun off from the planets.
• D) Sun contracted first as a ball of gas,and the planets and moons formed shortly afterward by accretion and condensation.

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