If a Collapsing Interstellar Cloud Formed Only a Protostar Without

question 35

Multiple Choice

If a collapsing interstellar cloud formed only a protostar without an accretion disk around it, what would happen?

• A) The forming protostar would be significantly less massive than it would have been otherwise.
• B) The forming protostar would be rotating too fast to hold itself together.
• C) Only giant planets would form around the protostar.
• D) Only terrestrial planets would form around the protostar.
• E) More planets would form around the protostar.

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