Astronomers believe that many satellites of the Jovian planets were _____.
A) formed by fission
B) formed by collisions with other objects
C) formed from planetesimals orbiting the growing planet and accreting into larger bodies
D) formed elsewhere in the Solar System and were later captured by Jupiter's gravitational pull
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