Meteorites Are Useful for Studying the Earliest History of the Solar

question 79

Multiple Choice

Meteorites are useful for studying the earliest history of the solar system because

• A) many arrive from other solar systems, to which we can directly compare our own.
• B) most were ejected from other planets while in the process of formation.
• C) most arrive from the outer solar system, where objects are difficult to study directly.
• D) most are unchanged since their formation shortly after the solar system began.

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