Why Do Astronomers Believe That Triton Is a Captured Moon

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Multiple Choice

Why do astronomers believe that Triton is a captured moon?

• A)Triton orbits Neptune in a direction opposite that of Neptune's rotation.
• B)Triton is very small and potato-shaped,which is common of captured moons.
• C)Triton is too large to have been formed in the "miniature solar nebula" thought to have surrounded Neptune in its very early history.
• D)Triton appears to be made mostly of ice.

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