Why Can Asteroids Not Stick Together and Form a Planet

question 14

Multiple Choice

Why can asteroids not stick together and form a planet?

• A) They are traveling too fast,so there are no collisions.
• B) They are travelling so fast that individual collisions are too energetic to allow the asteroids to unite.
• C) The gravitational acceleration caused by Jupiter causes asteroids to move away from each other.
• D) They are more likely to collide with Jupiter because of the strong gravitational pull.
• E) None of these choices are correct.

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