The Large Gravitational Influences of Jupiter and Saturn Forced Some

question 39

Multiple Choice

The large gravitational influences of Jupiter and Saturn forced some planetisimals in their neighborhood to move outward away from the Sun.A consequence of these gravitational forces was:

• A) that conservation of angular momentum caused the giant planets to spin faster.
• B) collisions that produced many fragments that became the rings of the outer planets.
• C) collisions that formed Uranus and Neptune.
• D) the creation, or at least enlargement, of the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud.

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