The collision of the Deep Impact probe with the nucleus of Comet Tempel 1 in 2005 revealed the nucleus as a "rubble pile," held together by
A) cohesive forces much stronger than those holding rocks together on Earth.
B) frozen ices.
C) gravitation.
D) a fusion crust.
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