If All the Material in the Asteroid Belt Were to Be

question 7

Multiple Choice

If all the material in the asteroid belt were to be combined to produce a planet,how big would it be?

• A) about 1500 km in diameter, less than half the diameter of the Moon
• B) only a few kilometers in diameter, similar to an average mountain on the EarthEarth
• C) about the size of the EarthEarth, with a diameter of about 13,000 km.
• D) about the size of Mercury, with a diameter of about 5000 km.

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Autarky Price

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International Trade

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