According to Our Basic Scenario of Solar System Formation,why Do

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Multiple Choice

According to our basic scenario of solar system formation,why do the jovian planets have numerous large moons?

• A)As the growing jovian planets captured gas from the solar nebula,the gas formed swirling disks around them,and moons formed from condensation accretion within these disks.
• B)Because of their strong gravity,the jovian planets were able to capture numerous asteroids that happened to be passing nearby,and these became the major moons of the jovian planets.
• C)The large moons of the jovian planets originally formed in the inner solar system and these moons then migrated out to join up with the jovian planets.
• D)The many moons of the jovian planets remains one of the unexplained mysteries of the formation of our solar system.

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