The planets all lie in nearly the same plane resulting in a disk-like structure for the solar system. This disk-like structure is believed to exist because
A)the solar nebula from which the planets formed had a disk-like structure.
B)the bipolar flow from the young Sun cleared all material out of the nebula except that in the disk.
C)Jupiter's gravity was great enough to pull all of the other planets to the plane of its orbit.
D)the Milky Way Galaxy from which the planets condensed has a disk-like structure

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The most widely accepted theory for the formation of the solar system is the nebular hypothesis, which suggests that the Sun and planets formed from a rotating disk of gas and dust called the solar nebula. This disk-like structure of the solar system is therefore believed to be a result of the original disk-like structure of the solar nebula from which it formed.

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