Why Do Researchers Believe That Asteroids in the Asteroid Belt

question 51

Multiple Choice

Why do researchers believe that asteroids in the asteroid belt are primal rocks that did notmerge into a planet?

• A)The total mass of the asteroids in the asteroid belt is much smaller than that of any terrestrialplanet in our solar system.
• B)The differences in chemical compositions of the asteroids are too large for them to haveoriginated in a single body.
• C)Jupiter's gravity could have prevented these objects merging into a single body.
• D)all of the above
• E)none of the above

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