The large gravitational influences of the gas giants in our solar system forced some planetesimals in their neighborhood to move inward toward the Sun. As a consequence of this,
A) these planetesimals became moons around the inner planets.
B) the gas giants themselves were forced outward farther from the Sun.
C) the gas giants also fell inward toward the Sun.
D) these planetesimals fell into the Sun causing the Sun to flare up and expel the remaining hydrogen and helium from the inner solar system.
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