What Might Have Made the Original Solar Nebula Begin to Contract

question 43

Multiple Choice

What might have made the original solar nebula begin to contract?

• A) The Big Bang
• B) The formation of our arm of the Milky Way
• C) The shock wave from a nearby exploding star
• D) Interstellar magnetism generated by pulsars
• E) The large amount of angular momentum in the nebula

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