The MOST Likely Mechanism for the Formation of a Star

question 30

Multiple Choice

The MOST likely mechanism for the formation of a star and planetary system is that the

• A) star and planets slowly condensed to their present form from a gas and dust cloud.
• B) star captured the planets as they drifted through space.
• C) system was once a galaxy from which the star and planets are the remnants, after evolution.
• D) planets were spun out of the star as smaller gas clouds and subsequently condensed.

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