An Important Mechanism in Clearing the Solar Nebula of Gas

question 9

Multiple Choice

An important mechanism in clearing the solar nebula of gas and dust was

• A) impacts by planetesimals.
• B) Earth's Moon
• C) the planets.
• D) the asteroid belt.
• E) radiation pressure from the young Sun.

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