Suppose one were to go back in time and explore the solar nebula during the formation of the solar system. If she were to travel outward from the protosun, the first solid material encountered would be
A) dust-sized grains of rocky material.
B) dust-sized grains of frozen hydrogen, water ice, and rocky minerals.
C) snowflakes made of frozen water, methane, ammonia, and carbon dioxide.
D) snowflakes made of frozen hydrogen and helium.

Question

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The first solid materials encountered when moving away from the protosun in the early solar system would be dust-sized grains of rocky material, as the inner regions of the solar nebula were too warm for ices to form.

Suppose One Were to Go Back in Time and Explore